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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th May 2005

There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th May 2005. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Somewhere in existence is a name
AAcross 5: Drake, possibly one getting on after very gutlessly grabbing duck
AAcross 9: Vessel's got a new number one - prepare to be sick!
AAcross 10: Perennial time to storm with anger, being incontinent
AAcross 11: Like a lifeline that ended up as a button
AAcross 12: Size up a house plant?
AAcross 13: Port (Shanghai) fabricates houses
AAcross 15: Smuggler from isle (Lewis, say)
AAcross 18: The dreary stirring to make powdered food palatable?
AAcross 19: Ballet dancer kicking out left pin
AAcross 21: Money gets round Irish lad
AAcross 23: Makes blue films' actors "non-operational"CASTSDOWN
AAcross 25: Shirley secure in historic area of Dublin?TEMPLEBAR
AAcross 26: Term applied to eastern food outfit backed by Ford name
AAcross 27: Tom, on date, sought sexual contact in public
AAcross 28: Brummie's very into artist once worshipped by Rome
DDown 1: Hospital started during Depression is finished
DDown 2: Found bliss at the time going dancing
DDown 3: Name the indefinite Spanish articleETHEL
DDown 4: He's set for a long spell as an upstanding native of South America
DDown 5: Small bottle holding the last of Spirit of Life
DDown 6: Audrey's excursion with Ron is not seasonal
DDown 7: Clothes don't lie
DDown 7: Clothes don't lie
DDown 8: Energy-producing device player of Egyptian god employed
DDown 14: Lion tamer together with poor loser strangling head of circusANDROCLES
DDown 16: Mere mortals about to go wild for Norwegian spinner
DDown 17: Virgin takes delivery of foreign magazine
DDown 18: Like a Dalek's pinch of the ear
DDown 20: Bush's networking set-up to beat Osama finally
DDown 22: What many people call their country cooking: yellowish, mushy, rather unappetising starters
DDown 23: Raised to a higher power, like sugar used to be
DDown 24: Fabric occupied a building
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