The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th May 2004

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th May 2004. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Saw British car in the lead
AAcross 5:	Service time - there's the rub
AAcross 9:	Operation on difficult case - a near disaster
AAcross 10:	Squaddies cut the deck
AAcross 11:	Champion on board with English relation
AAcross 12:	Benefits of vehicle model held by some of 1 across
AAcross 14:	Joint odds on abridged Irish river
AAcross 15:	His 23 could appear to be lurid
AAcross 16:	This dog's to be doctored some day
AAcross 18:	Code of Violet Elizabeth's county?
AAcross 20:	Composer left from accidental needle prick	PENDERECKI
AAcross 21:	Stable concern
AAcross 24:	Little piece of land has a tenant
AAcross 25:	Pay for a little light in turning over a book
AAcross 26:	In back way composer trips
AAcross 27:	Threadbare city has a point
DDown 1:	Feature of embroidery, a specialised topic
DDown 2:	Drink to excess, going beyond bounds
DDown 3:	A Welshman turns up in church	EVAN
DDown 4:	What's sliced and wrapped?	BREADOFIDLENESS
DDown 5:	Lament the consequence of stress	MENTALBREAKDOWN
DDown 6:	Sigh at one's lack of perception	SHORTSIGHT
DDown 7:	Legal tangle over journalist and what he did
DDown 8:	It's an old question of one blowing the whistle
DDown 13:	It's an urban location
DDown 16:	Spot his fallacious reasoning!
DDown 17:	Bad article written by fellow for paper
DDown 19:	Ring about to be worn by a bishop
DDown 22:	They are seen in the eyes of others
DDown 23:	True-hearted member of old parliament