The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 13th December 2002

There are 12 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th December 2002. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 4:	Bird taken out to lunch?
AAcross 6:	Put up with what may be hard or cold
AAcross 9:	Little time this time, a waste of time if caught?
AAcross 10:	Black person's style in broadcast by waves?
AAcross 11:	Albert Steptoe - might I be told I'm randy?
AAcross 15:	Women bath us in a lather where clothes should be done
AAcross 17:	Concubine offering fruit
AAcross 18:	As if by magic, bounder finds something to unfasten either side of him
AAcross 22:	Fruit containing smashed mineral
AAcross 23:	Horse, non-starter, eating cold fruit
AAcross 24:	Application of light, result of flashing?
AAcross 25:	Fluid - a sample endlessly being circulated
DDown 1:	Settlement: yours initially
DDown 2:	Use them in composition, so it's notepaper
DDown 3:	Having taken drugs, swimmer's assistant is in a state for the sporting climax
DDown 4:	7 Paul Jones' partner into scam
DDown 4:	7 Paul Jones' partner into scam
DDown 5:	Liberal Democrat money goes to the right first
DDown 7:	A taste of relegation
DDown 8:	Give a rocket speed
DDown 12:	Wherein litmus may be a choice between red and blue?
DDown 13:	Swab soiled by somebody's surgeon
DDown 14:	Dance with goddess around a bar
DDown 16:	Leaves from here with trains on time
DDown 19:	Social security in social security (social security in social security)
DDown 20:	Ill defined? Ill-defined a non-starter
DDown 21:	Temporary settlement affected