The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th December 2004

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

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Little half of capital from old city
AAcross 5:	Little flower transformed our little debutantes
AAcross 9:	Pessimistic message from old city to fast-breeder reactor: it is "Hard cheese!"	THEBESTOF
AAcross 10:	Prophet of Israel, I assume	ELIAS
AAcross 11:	See 9
AAcross 12:	It has little flowers happily arranged on a string like this inside
AAcross 14:	Composer left a little bit of nonsense
AAcross 15:	Be punished with punishment note
AAcross 16:	Arrive with old arrangement for mutual assistance	COMECON
AAcross 18:	Odds on looking good?
AAcross 20:	Rebus nearly found in cockney's dense shrubbery with extinguisher	FIREBUCKET
AAcross 21:	Detective man, turning pale, to work with teeth
AAcross 24:	Heather is wealthy in Rome
AAcross 25:	Traveller going for tour with Satan
AAcross 26:	Princess swallowed by fish or bear	SHARDIK
AAcross 27:	No officer is reported for ill-feeling
DDown 1:	French animal left nut
DDown 2:	Caber is tossed in Italy
DDown 3:	Preferably ... speak truth piano?
DDown 4:	Far from how an 8 13 may be reached? Far from it	NOTBYALONGCHALK
DDown 5:	My old man (suitably clad) said: "Don't put money in the tin"
DDown 6:	Shed tears for saint in account of lottery
DDown 7:	See 9
DDown 8:	Far from the underworld with so much French
DDown 13:	Illustrator and poet are without box office input
DDown 16:	Financial resources of those said to have a tickle in the throat?
DDown 17:	Tennis player's time in boat yard	MARTINA
DDown 19:	8 in time to see number (including silencer)
DDown 22:	Dilute 26's forerunner when the boat comes in
DDown 23:	See 22