The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 1st December 2003

There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 1st December 2003. View the answers below..

Also try..
All The Guardian Cryptic Answers All Publications

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	A portion's spread out to kill vermin	RATPOISON
AAcross 10:	A quarter past twelve and not a soul to be seen	NOONE
AAcross 11:	Taxi runs into a horse - ghastly!
AAcross 12:	Fire stations?
AAcross 13:	Point to eradicate or delete
AAcross 14:	Resolve us in another way
AAcross 16:	Generally having a regional accent?
AAcross 19:	Vocalists who scale the heights
AAcross 21:	A blow to Wilde's initial enthusiasm
AAcross 22:	A number in Malaga out to form a union
AAcross 23:	Firm has deficit - one in large figures
AAcross 24:	Porter right on his toes
AAcross 25:	Flattery works with neighbours, for example
DDown 1:	A beater for those who carry the guns?	DRUMMERBOY
DDown 2:	Brief notes jazz fans raised with the censor
DDown 3:	A drink that the darts player needs
DDown 4:	Little land is left to the East
DDown 5:	No-hoper set out, beyond recovery	ONTHEROPES
DDown 6:	Secret American resort
DDown 7:	Don's best port?
DDown 8:	Their quarters are combed for food
DDown 14:	Vital accessory for high-fliers
DDown 15:	Foreign girls who drop in after marriage
DDown 17:	The Spanish, say, take time out to find a deputy
DDown 18:	Maintained unusual tidiness
DDown 20:	He gives his companions a hand
DDown 21:	Capacity to get on after bitterness?
DDown 22:	Just open for a drink
DDown 23:	Caught boy getting dressed