The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 3rd March 2003

There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 3rd March 2003. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	A political leader was complimentary and that's valued
AAcross 6:	Left to fill in, gave voice in inappropriate language
AAcross 9:	In spring many make economies
AAcross 10:	Hint there's a credibility gap
AAcross 11:	One who's asked to peer in it may well get upset
AAcross 12:	A word used among master mariners
AAcross 14:	Double-dealing, but aren't so bad
AAcross 15:	Reached high to marry, taking in royalty
AAcross 17:	Reason for strengthening attachment?
AAcross 19:	The branches overhead
AAcross 20:	Spot for English scout
AAcross 22:	To put it another way, the letters appear rash
AAcross 25:	Only men retreat
AAcross 26:	Compel the dunderhead to split
AAcross 27:	A poet's shillyshallying?
AAcross 28:	Demanding quality
DDown 1:	A bluff, upstanding moralist
DDown 2:	Really vain, to be blunt
DDown 3:	Quite mouthwatering - but gets a pip in by accident
DDown 4:	He wrote of war and special forces with dispatch	SASSOON
DDown 5:	Dispute as daughter is told to go
DDown 6:	Second child's slip-up
DDown 7:	Live bear
DDown 8:	Deny a gem's being reset for the waiting youth
DDown 13:	Currently in operation	SWITCHEDON
DDown 14:	Name darts-playing artisan
DDown 16:	Look again at cutback in army personnel and secret weapon
DDown 16:	Look again at cutback in army personnel and secret weapon
DDown 18:	They'll eliminate faltering fool without hesitation
DDown 19:	Break down
DDown 21:	Article included in wages in the Philippines	PANAY
DDown 23:	A woman, going to extremes, gets flat
DDown 24:	One's repeatedly running water