The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 5th October 2005

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 5th October 2005. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Growing girl guerrilla, a 10 (26)	TOPSYCHE
AAcross 9:	Tragic or funny piece for 2	CORFU
AAcross 10:	Refusal of Chirac's caused a knotty point
AAcross 11:	Crowd engulfing Lucy and other Tories	MONDAYCLUB
AAcross 12:	Historic Earl Sands' lost love	GODWIN
AAcross 14:	Collapse of rig in state of severe pain
AAcross 15:	2 is to hear but not to see
AAcross 17:	Extra publicity for much of meeting
AAcross 20:	Tailless rodent's alias is a dish
AAcross 22:	The medicine man's medium
AAcross 23:	Brave officer retaining vigour has blessed a 10 (26)'s subject
AAcross 24:	A blow for good liquor
AAcross 25:	Not quite time in the foregoing for a 10 (26)'s subject
AAcross 26:	Cooked a steak in poetic style	KEATSIAN
DDown 1:	Sameness I'm not likely to dream about
DDown 2:	Man or no man?
DDown 3:	Agreement about copper's perspicuity
DDown 4:	Quiet girl comes up with "Araucaria's Araucaria"
DDown 4:	Quiet girl comes up with "Araucaria's Araucaria"
DDown 5:	Beaten up, which means looking a mess
DDown 6:	Mediterranean vessel, a 10 (26)'s subject	GRECIANURN
DDown 7:	Fall for a 10 (26)'s subject
DDown 13:	Water supplies with a distance to travel by post	WELLSFARGO
DDown 16:	Shortage will traumatise the town
DDown 18:	Literarily rounded, more than enough topless in dress
DDown 19:	Gun takes a lot of animals in Book 1
DDown 21:	Don't start listening to proposals for lots of water
DDown 22:	Crocod-2?
DDown 24:	Heavens become quiet