The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th February 2006

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th February 2006. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Shady rings of diffuse scarlet
AAcross 5:	Show return
AAcross 9:	Queen Victoria was not without a thought
AAcross 10:	A holder of the skeleton key?
AAcross 11:	Town where trees get stolen	ALDERSHOT
AAcross 12:	Sailor coming back with the wash
AAcross 13:	French patron dines out
AAcross 15:	Wimbledon's rigid principles?
AAcross 18:	He delivered eggs and watches for the Queen
AAcross 19:	Dome with a ram in it
AAcross 21:	They are capable of staging a repeat
AAcross 23:	One bright rogue is a pest
AAcross 25:	Plenty of successful tricks
AAcross 26:	Girl taking boy out of chapel	ETHEL
AAcross 27:	Where a snooker sponsor once showed diplomacy?
AAcross 28:	"Era" must get translated as "Ages"
DDown 1:	Instruct fighter to lose a round
DDown 2:	Where Presidents could live in Limerick
DDown 3:	Some red leaves creeping up tree
DDown 4:	Pasta for throwing at the pigs
DDown 5:	Cook in oven at Regulo 1
DDown 6:	Are three being kicked in the yard?
DDown 7:	Priest (Old Testament), composer of four quartets
DDown 8:	Everyone left the checked cloth in rags
DDown 14:	Where wild animals made steps furiously?
DDown 16:	Wind up
DDown 17:	It hurries on development
DDown 18:	A beggar struggling for bits and pieces
DDown 20:	Gabriel was one American; it rings a bell
DDown 22:	Result of not using you loaf?
DDown 23:	Fine city, second in Tyrol
DDown 24:	Was she always last on court?