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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 26th May 2010

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 26th May 2010. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 8: Old chap with passion for news reporting
AAcross 9: Time in reverse is hard to deal with
AAcross 10: Notice a bit of acne
AAcross 11: Given the slip for aspiring to be a self-helper
AAcross 12: In France water temperature gets by without having a particular quality
AAcross 14: A don's way strange for these times
AAcross 15: Little about student clubs, a short time back, could be acceptable
AAcross 17: Eccentricity of old clergyman seen by Scottish lake
AAcross 20: Lose one's cool with girl subordinate
AAcross 22: Plump little flier with a bit of a headache — rubbish!
AAcross 23: Mum arranged rash delivery of ales to old prisonMARSHALSEA
AAcross 24: Almost never returned to flat
AAcross 25: Marked absence of favourite toy
AAcross 26: Test soldiers in good way to travel
DDown 1: Liberal entering contest will be made to follow through
DDown 2: Botheration! ’e comes in to attract attention
DDown 3: Contrary girl claims south's hot and squelchy
DDown 4: Kind of popular music prods smallest of the family to get up again
DDown 5: A recent union member?
DDown 6: Study Kipling's poem about Italian poet's bosom pal
DDown 7: Asthmatic American's last letter returned in the form of a question
DDown 13: Recut county suit, showing a slick style
DDown 16: Not very bright about estates forming part of the UK
DDown 18: Tues: earn enough to afford wine
DDown 19: Quietly start again to take liberties
DDown 21: Got to know books, originally Shakespearean
DDown 22: Subtle service to replace one in city
DDown 24: Leaders to end up running off with the money
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