The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th October 2003

There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th October 2003. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	An integral part of the house
AAcross 9:	Older woman hanging over girl's back
AAcross 10:	Old number Elvis called "Old Sea Dog"
AAcross 11:	Brought together, indifferent about being delayed
AAcross 12:	Back at university someone's emptied the kitty
AAcross 13:	Deprive of three claws and despatch quickly without thanks
AAcross 15:	Letter lost, allowed to fall on the ground
AAcross 16:	Emphatically accepting choice when provided with a list of subjects
AAcross 18:	Settling down with advance team, getting directions to capture castle, initially
AAcross 19:	Swarm seen in retrospect as seemly
AAcross 20:	Pear lies rotten by fruit tree
AAcross 22:	Ignoring the alternatives, whirls Dolly with exuberance
AAcross 23:	Steer straight
AAcross 24:	First member of union forcing open rebellion
DDown 1:	A garland (American, of course) turning us right up before it becomes something to enjoy	ALEISUREPURSUIT
DDown 2:	Smiley's pleader a suspect? I'm not at liberty to say	MYLIPSARESEALED
DDown 3:	Language bound to cause difficulty in speaking
DDown 4:	A principle to be discerned in group receptions
DDown 5:	One will be good enough for Liberal's image
DDown 6:	Go to dinner, say, clutching book - one's first experience of split up
DDown 7:	Little squirt preventing us getting a bite
DDown 14:	An asinine performance?
DDown 17:	Pouring out for us exclusively
DDown 21:	Ten volunteers is not much