The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th February 2006

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th February 2006. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Former partner seizing new opportunity?
AAcross 5:	Evict hawker who's secured Tier 8?
AAcross 9:	Detective catching Bach out with bird
AAcross 10:	French novelist working for Biblical judge	GIDEON
AAcross 11:	Almost beaten, carrying home recipe for 5 across of the 1
AAcross 13:	Second leg of the jaunt
AAcross 14:	Passed round green circle, given go-ahead
AAcross 17:	Lumber round rocks with climber and swimmer
AAcross 18:	Cross at indecent broadcast
AAcross 20:	Scam leading female to turn to trifle
AAcross 23:	Robe for girl with nothing on previously
AAcross 24:	About 30p exchanged for artwork
AAcross 25:	Left to get taken on again
AAcross 26:	Ancient implement - one for gardeners, on reflection - illuminated within
DDown 2:	Russian composer's latter half	IVAN
DDown 3:	Space capsule's origin in the 1960s, perhaps, caused turpitude
DDown 4:	Shakespeare's sweetheart's dubious humming?
DDown 5:	Assumed stolen fake contains forceful argument
DDown 6:	Make an impression with voice
DDown 7:	Bird from Mars keeps journalist up
DDown 8:	Non-conformist's turn to point to return of the same animal
DDown 12:	Team swallowing one short, misguided empiric's contraceptive
DDown 15:	Plant confers right to keep workers in work
DDown 16:	Never in servitude before unexpectedly joining armed force
DDown 19:	Suggestions for modern 3
DDown 21:	Washerman gets the Lawrence magic
DDown 22:	Tax that's imposed on books