The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 31st May 2002

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 31st May 2002. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Capital sum a lender's first withdrawn from Italy, or Monaco?
AAcross 8:	What designer has put into slit dress?
AAcross 9:	Driver missing in military action
AAcross 11:	Ball thrown by essayist may be found in bed
AAcross 12:	Timeless weapons for military commanders
AAcross 13:	Mourning song at start and end of evensong in cathedral
AAcross 14:	Henry left Theresa outside - that's not appreciated
AAcross 16:	A flower that's yellow and black, say, is given a prize
AAcross 19:	Conductor exposed in the Sun with a couple of timpanists	SOLTI
AAcross 21:	Saint in front of station inside the city walls	SWITHIN
AAcross 23:	Saint with first-class return for the country
AAcross 24:	Top bowler?
AAcross 25:	Gear in street and lane, not an item in an alley
AAcross 26:	Champions of the aristocracy
DDown 1:	Docile and quiet subject
DDown 2:	In a perfect world I do business and play alternately
DDown 3:	Medicine found by little girl on a lorry
DDown 4:	Puppets making pledges
DDown 5:	Record leads to Lohengrin's original German libretto
DDown 6:	Shaving the head is in fashion, certainly
DDown 7:	Byers' sell-out affected current transport
DDown 10:	Test acid user, possibly given a quick fix?
DDown 15:	Dismay about curtailed increase in salary review
DDown 17:	Capital leads to totalitarian bourgeois imperialism losing its social infrastructure
DDown 18:	Athlone is a source of alcohol
DDown 19:	Magnificent tree planted by newspaper employee
DDown 20:	Medicine was our bond, we hear
DDown 22:	Bridge player taking unorthodox part