The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 12th December 2002

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 12th December 2002. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Craft's able to bridge a river
AAcross 6:	Shred of straw is paltry
AAcross 10:	It's heads on American quarter and tails on thieves' dog
AAcross 11:	Spiny lobster becomes gelatinous without one
AAcross 12:	First two swapped neckwear
AAcross 13:	Genuine problem for naive girl
AAcross 14:	To notice where chip can finish dish
AAcross 17:	Substitute for something binding in declaration
AAcross 21:	Take off a couple without it
AAcross 22:	Pain of my queenless country
AAcross 24:	To jeer about prompting is conventional
AAcross 25:	Still fit in less seconds
AAcross 26:	One stringing a line
AAcross 27:	Gut reaction
DDown 1:	Single-minded?
DDown 2:	In retrospect, it answers the big one
DDown 3:	Thousand, plus one number, put in order for fruit
DDown 4:	Trusting in later development
DDown 5:	Civet cat lives and is protected
DDown 7:	Elected because half were faked
DDown 8:	Like more money to pass on
DDown 9:	Cleaning room to sort out jumble
DDown 15:	Well ground in hearing range
DDown 16:	Swipe your old underhand
DDown 18:	Once a pen
DDown 19:	Literally any one in state's downfall
DDown 20:	Place for hanging up large stake
DDown 23:	Iceberg holds back diver