The Guardian Quiptic Answers - Monday, 23rd December 2002

There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Quiptic crossword on Monday, 23rd December 2002. View the answers below..

Also try..
All The Guardian Quiptic Answers All Publications

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Trespass inside my precinct, having had a drop too much
AAcross 10:	Season that has its charms, perhaps
AAcross 11:	Dries out with efficiency in the preferred way
AAcross 12:	Praise former partner, a lieutenant
AAcross 13:	Fool breaking into wail at the singing of carols
AAcross 15:	Refunds are best in other words
AAcross 17:	Picture of one wise man
AAcross 18:	Issue at the centre of the universe, reportedly
AAcross 20:	Some may equal target for sacrificial board
AAcross 22:	Walks a way, then takes transport
AAcross 25:	Scared when a few originally had hearing equipment
AAcross 26:	It's dark near the junction
AAcross 27:	Little darling hides fleeces
AAcross 30:	Flat anthems in ritual practices
AAcross 31:	The last of love is great
DDown 1:	In the centre of publicity about road
DDown 2:	Dubliners see, they say, main part of the British Isles
DDown 3:	Colourist coming from Ryde
DDown 4:	Substitutes for braces in Arctic regions?
DDown 5:	Appeal to petition the Queen
DDown 6:	Gather around silver collection
DDown 7:	One politician with skill to communicate
DDown 8:	An afterthought on the way led to attention-seeking sound
DDown 13:	Carol singers' stays?
DDown 14:	Unusual act is noted by storyteller
DDown 16:	Scrap mad herds
DDown 19:	Narrow escape for the girl next door?
DDown 21:	Make a mistake in set-up around the dishes
DDown 23:	Crooks turn back in the streets of Paris
DDown 24:	Still sent around the Italian
DDown 26:	A Frenchman's Christmas
DDown 28:	Precipitation at three points around a circle
DDown 29:	Stare endlessly at the sun, for instance