The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 12th June 2003

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 12th June 2003. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Boy backing into girl with soup
AAcross 9:	Discharge from space sounded
AAcross 10:	Principal tree lacks origin
AAcross 11:	Pain in Chirac's brain?
AAcross 12:	European river drowning many trees
AAcross 14:	Drunk teenager's drink
AAcross 15:	Loaded question about movement of late
AAcross 17:	"English trees" provides solution
AAcross 20:	Cover provided by staff in bar
AAcross 22:	Sport "Times" featured in spring report
AAcross 23:	Very particular language beats lucid translation
AAcross 24:	"Release the Whitechapel Three" ...
AAcross 25:	... as Arabs may be, here?
AAcross 26:	Open course or open snack, perhaps?
DDown 1:	Variable value makes requital variable
DDown 2:	Near thing topped off
DDown 3:	East Londoner's to once more consider turning criminal
DDown 4:	A 3 a 2 they say?
DDown 5:	China and Cuba on stony ground
DDown 6:	Preparation for documents once Spooner's transporting luggage
DDown 7:	Setter's bloodless skewer
DDown 13:	Tree died amid party nonsense
DDown 16:	She has a certain charm, as Shakespeare would say
DDown 18:	Punishment that's capital to a point
DDown 19:	A letter's read out to placate
DDown 21:	Round a hundred, old man
DDown 22:	Bay is not bay when at sea
DDown 24:	Brown, soft soap