The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 16th May 2005

There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 16th May 2005. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Captain possibly in command in present situation
AAcross 5:	Pack up quietly and clear out
AAcross 9:	It's obvious the cargo's listing
AAcross 10:	Sit out with a girl in gauzy fabric
AAcross 12:	Kind of talk more cordial than a tete-a-tete?
AAcross 15:	Dumbfounded by a dishonest arrangement
AAcross 17:	Academic going through Russia
AAcross 19:	French-born
AAcross 20:	Order and routine for working organisation
AAcross 22:	Registry office used by cowboys?
AAcross 26:	It bores me in the back
AAcross 27:	Caution had Simon dithering
AAcross 28:	Private papers destroyed
AAcross 29:	Involves mending net before setting sail
DDown 1:	Some resistance found over taxing demands
DDown 2:	Dry sherry and a bit of fish - nothing more
DDown 3:	Diner imbibes fine new coffee ingredient
DDown 4:	One is vertical in flight
DDown 6:	A fair land
DDown 7:	It may be thrown in car dispute that's unsettled
DDown 8:	It's put out until eaten by a naval officer
DDown 11:	Be there at the beginning and end
DDown 13:	The early morning air?	DAWNCHORUS
DDown 14:	Letters sent off to a politician in the post?
DDown 14:	Letters sent off to a politician in the post?
DDown 16:	Severe, in a way, on offence - not the first
DDown 18:	Have insufficient funds and don't finish the course
DDown 21:	Strained inspiration to produce a joke
DDown 23:	The chaplain's walkabout
DDown 24:	Parrot almost gets role in opera	MIMI
DDown 25:	There's a singular example of these in ancient history