The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd January 2004

There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd January 2004. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	A Schubert composition is capital
AAcross 6:	Society follows better customs
AAcross 9:	Stop one sweeping
AAcross 10:	Someone gets a letter - a general form of communication
AAcross 11:	A good match for Quasimodo?
AAcross 12:	Grass is set
AAcross 14:	Composition represented in recital
AAcross 15:	Jerk catches service fellow in run
AAcross 17:	Note a bit of twisting in sharp instrument
AAcross 19:	Partner embraces English girl to restore harmony
AAcross 20:	A swimmer's assistant
AAcross 22:	Hold good person in favour before sour person	BOSTONCRAB
AAcross 25:	Idol eats ancient royal plant
AAcross 26:	Terribly inane markswoman	ANNIE
AAcross 27:	Oxygen absorbed in smaller amount of clay deposit
AAcross 28:	Hide experienced soldiers during exercise
DDown 1:	Agreeable company consumes port
DDown 2:	Bond eats a cold kidney
DDown 3:	It's found in an old Balkan country, this fuel
DDown 4:	Loss of writers in river
DDown 5:	Annoy people being in the wrong
DDown 6:	A county in Virginia
DDown 7:	Put up and soundly knock down
DDown 8:	Speculation over report about Tory parade
DDown 13:	The way a mug may be brought up	GARDENPATH
DDown 14:	One holding money in both hands in Russia
DDown 16:	Scent badger in the country
DDown 18:	'e obtained epitaph to flatter 'imself
DDown 18:	'e obtained epitaph to flatter 'imself
DDown 19:	Killer disposed to drama
DDown 21:	500 tinkers endlessly investigate
DDown 23:	Sovereign tucking into buffet gets bellyache
DDown 24:	Dirty canteen