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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st October 2008

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st October 2008. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Put cap on after knocking back drink of Pale
AAcross 5: Shift in river where I catch fish
AAcross 9: Snack gives Spooner beastly pleasureFRUITBUN
AAcross 10: Exciting start in Mad Max followed by an exemplar of berserk behaviour
AAcross 11: Beasts as a pretext for violence etc? I'm so wrong to hold fallacy
AAcross 13: Boatman's craft is tip-top! A groan-up joke first!
AAcross 14: Rejoin black market? Disgraceful! Leave me right out
AAcross 17: Tom is unable to, but his partner gets container
AAcross 18: What we cut off the meat at home in the street
AAcross 20: Having features that no map can hold, I mean
AAcross 23: Lost in Kopavogur: khakiclad soldier
AAcross 24: Determination to finance B1 expansion
AAcross 25: It's needed by one who seeks prey (as he could be mistaken)SHARPEYE
AAcross 26: Little imp nips mother's bottom in malice
DDown 2: A frothy display atop
DDown 3: Not so much to say in the Midlands
DDown 4: "What nonsense! Just a place to sleep," reflected one with a mortgage
DDown 5: Support liable to fold and, in former times, seized by intractable troublesCONCERTINATABLE
DDown 6: Monster after Boatman: a flesh-eater's snack?MEATROLL
DDown 7: A hint of where to invest in a bull market?
DDown 8: It sometimes makes the day a little longer to have a recess in French class before bed at last
DDown 12: As expected, having seen our awful expression of disgust ...
DDown 15: ... concerning food thrown up over counter of snack jointBURGERBAR
DDown 16: Mobster's joint is cover for card operation
DDown 19: Couple from Punjab at last have end of semolina (and a bit of custard) under the counter
DDown 21: He enjoys travelling simply, as Gandhi, Kerouac discovered
DDown 22: Fly using base of wing found on exotic ant
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