The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd March 2006

There are 17 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd March 2006. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	In essence, almost keen to hold Blair back
AAcross 5:	Crumpled dollar bill had influence
AAcross 9:	Child minder to hurry back to Kent
AAcross 10:	Bright idea gets supporter in flap
AAcross 10:	Bright idea gets supporter in flap
AAcross 11:	Samantha turns religious and is butchered
AAcross 12:	Direction taken by Karenina, one of the family
AAcross 13:	First person to be covered in scent, leading to a row
AAcross 15:	Fantastic or amusing fool
AAcross 18:	Supervision is a mistake
AAcross 19:	Wealthy person, terribly glum when pocketing nothing
AAcross 21:	Fraud: it's contrary and no good
AAcross 23:	Dashing crooner keeps entertaining
AAcross 25:	Get rid of cat in time to go west
AAcross 26:	Cloth for type of shirt worn by Shakespeare
AAcross 27:	Became known by associating me with greed improperly
AAcross 28:	Like a lemon chicken, yummy at either end
DDown 1:	Hawkins managed to conceal a relation
DDown 2:	Sherry OK? I prepared this pudding
DDown 3:	The last one: love game, perhaps
DDown 4:	Climbing aboard to take me up to part of London
DDown 5:	Dull beginner divides the orchestra
DDown 6:	Problem for sister cutting up fish with alcohol
DDown 7:	Grasp left ear and tip of nose
DDown 8:	Broadcasters make brief adjustment with eyes turned
DDown 14:	Indulgent, despite a piece of cake vanishing
DDown 14:	Indulgent, despite a piece of cake vanishing
DDown 16:	Improbable? No fear!	NOTLIKELY
DDown 17:	Unsettled, if coming with a grandee?
DDown 18:	Disgusting old boy seen on "Panorama"
DDown 20:	Support a colleague by rights
DDown 22:	A picture of, say, a friend in Calais is held up
DDown 23:	Keep a piece of timber
DDown 24:	Sleep here and half hope to telephone