The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd March 2005

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd March 2005. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Earliest inhabitant lost time being artless
AAcross 4:	Drinks round the office for the followers
AAcross 9:	Prodded some armour - geddit?
AAcross 10:	Protective headgear?
AAcross 11:	Smash it! Cor! Hope of correct pronunciation?
AAcross 12:	Beggar finds scripture in revolutionary service
AAcross 13:	Tree found to be out of proportion after formerly having temper ruffled
AAcross 17:	Davy Crockett's man having row with sergeant major in the buff?
AAcross 20:	Slave found in seedy hotel
AAcross 21:	Like the proverbial stepmother, went ahead providing no warmth
AAcross 23:	Nut lovers' collection in Cumbria	ULVERSTON
AAcross 24:	Bitter starts for any cars easing round bend
AAcross 25:	Carefully contrived applause by servant girl is heard
AAcross 26:	Throw the French into an Englishman's home
DDown 1:	On Tyneside, first unpicked flowers can produce nervous problems
DDown 2:	Pad after drunk skinflint
DDown 3:	Concerned with visual images of five fish and a duck
DDown 5:	Get crick, as tenpin bowling results in being paralysed with fright
DDown 6:	Does it understand factory production?
DDown 7:	Pulse recorded in prevalent illness
DDown 8:	Rota is about to be put up in a state of enlightenment
DDown 10:	Great girl, you hear, with a boy that's passe
DDown 14:	It's for burning the dead bits of edging in the garden
DDown 15:	Gangster's girl firm about model for a writer
DDown 16:	Can't be taken in coverless book after home edition
DDown 18:	Nevertheless, it's hard being out of hospital
DDown 19:	Tatterdemalion recording no score between the poles
DDown 22:	Man is up for catching last baby antelope