The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 21st February 2006

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 21st February 2006. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	See 11
AAcross 5:	See 11 and 13
AAcross 9:	See 13 down
AAcross 11:	They're off after this stress, terror and rude conflict!
AAcross 12:	He portrayed Churchill as vigilant about Britain and whimsical outside the pub	ALBERTFINNEY
AAcross 15:	Gaslight
AAcross 16:	Sharp as wine with added peel, say
AAcross 18:	Rope tricks originating in this pot?
AAcross 19:	Pet guinea pig, they say, stood guard
AAcross 21:	Clouding stink over knight with general rejoicing losing head
AAcross 24:	Long story, one having cover with adult content
AAcross 25:	Down-and-out wrapped in lots of paper with bottles
AAcross 26:	So Croesus was with lady in distress
AAcross 27:	A literary trio swapping lines for note, so to speak
DDown 1:	Bossy-boots consumed spring onion
DDown 2:	Ataturk's officer horrified? No way!
DDown 3:	I love it out East around the Villa d'Este's town
DDown 4:	Harder schools failing an Oxonian postgraduate
DDown 6:	After-school activities could be
DDown 7:	Finished in a state between Scylla and Charybdis?
DDown 8:	Virginia might be when full of remorse and wretchedness	SORRYSTATE
DDown 10:	Restore strikers with second legs	RETURNMATCHES
DDown 13:	Avoid rascal, no-good neighbours, or tie nasty restrictions on them
DDown 14:	Drake, or hen sadly in depth, at sea in this!	GOLDENHIND
DDown 17:	Eccentric chap, one supported by a restored monarchy
DDown 20:	Surely what solvers do when going to the dogs
DDown 22:	See 19 across
DDown 23:	Being an ascetic Jew, not born in France