The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th November 2004

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th November 2004. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	17 over 25 20 somehow compromise eg full noses
AAcross 5:	Deserted the Queen Mother? Not her, him!	DERMOT
AAcross 8:	Couple in a primal embrace, one doing it for love
AAcross 9:	The Trotter boy called back, "Get knotted!"
AAcross 11:	See 1	SMELLINGOFROSES
AAcross 12:	The old get around like a young hawk
AAcross 13:	One's racehorses finish with nothing; need order to go faster!
AAcross 17:	Two priests sick, but gaining strength
AAcross 18:	One by one by Shakespeare
AAcross 20:	See 25	ONONESCHARACTER
AAcross 23:	In the Solent I certainly need a siren
AAcross 24:	God, sick at heart, returned 10
AAcross 25:	Aha! Concern atassertion involved with this 10	ASTAIN
AAcross 26:	Our mother with an Ulster accent, heard here?	ARMAGH
DDown 2:	Over time, state intrudes typically!
DDown 3:	The see's without an archdeacon; that's on the level!
DDown 4:	Pain alert issued around the delivery time
DDown 5:	Still follow the game in Japan?
DDown 6:	Tired and emotional to get into this state?
DDown 7:	Make sighs, say, to do as the wolf does!
DDown 8:	First responder when a person is otherwise engaged
DDown 10:	Wouldn't cash the cheque, bringing ruin on the Guardian's boss
DDown 14:	Odysseus's ambit? That is a case for over one solution
DDown 15:	Close call? Close it!
DDown 16:	Spanish port - Cava mixed with Nile output
DDown 19:	A two-sided entry into the border of the Cotton Club scene
DDown 21:	Popish plotter, mischief-maker among certain Chartists!
DDown 22:	Redgrave in "As You Like It", finding right change outside	CORIN