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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..
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    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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