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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th May 2010

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th May 2010. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Redundancies ultimately mean decline in econom­ic activity
AAcross 1: Redundancies ultimately mean decline in econom­ic activity
AAcross 5: Lovely university dropout eats gluttonously
AAcross 9: Insincere heaving of tiny chest
AAcross 11: Being ugly and short, hooker is short of work
AAcross 12: Tabloid pictures which closely resemble one anotherMIRRORIMAGES
AAcross 15: See river moving east
AAcross 16: Imprisoned New Labour two, less than honest and decent
AAcross 18: Pro's way of moving patient
AAcross 19: Key elements of Berlusconi's leadership
AAcross 21: Critically, I curse so only when upset
AAcross 24: Rejected princess: "I have returned to Charlie!"
AAcross 25: Frenchman invested in plant making compon­ent for semiconductors
AAcross 26: Very much wanting girl to get thin
AAcross 27: Once a council's official tree-feller
DDown 1: Moderate request for aid by Oxfam leader
DDown 2: Agreed to hide in Tamworth by the sound of it
DDown 3: Drug-taking artist's a colourful occupant of one's bed
DDown 4: Deconstructing or debating war and "enhanced interrogation"
DDown 6: Unfashionable? Fashionable? Which is best?
DDown 7: Throw shoe! Bugger invaded Iraq!
DDown 8: Egomaniac author ekes out soap
DDown 10: Let no urban car be otherwiseCARBONNEUTRAL
DDown 13: Making flawless mint and gin cocktail
DDown 14: Sugarplum is what one gets!
DDown 17: Expelled from Basra, perhaps, during action
DDown 20: Lazes about, supported by partner's immoral practices
DDown 22: Description of going concern
DDown 23: Warning: topless ladies!
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