The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 2nd August 2006

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 2nd August 2006. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Branch of science reduces him to hysterics
AAcross 8:	Claim of education graduate being put down
AAcross 9:	Fail to appear to sanction
AAcross 11:	I am multi-dimensional, involved with Oxford University primarily - a legend in that establishment
AAcross 12:	The Pope imbibes a drink - not much
AAcross 13:	One responsible for others losing their marbles	ELGIN
AAcross 15:	What offers phony rule now crawling around highest social classes?	NEWLABOUR
AAcross 17:	Catcher of fish lives in a ménage à trois maybe
AAcross 20:	A troublesome thing - common abbreviation for "large" not in Chambers
AAcross 21:	Between two rivers bring out a connecting pipe
AAcross 23:	Brutal interrogators in exploit by a river
AAcross 25:	Strangler with soldiers going around in band
AAcross 26:	Some of the literati?
AAcross 27:	See 11	ILLUMINATIOMEA
DDown 1:	Locksmiths?
DDown 2:	Tramp in Kent possibly getting protection against bacteria?
DDown 3:	Provision of guns etc outside current law
DDown 4:	Persists with attitude of moral recklessness?	HANGSIN
DDown 5:	Man with his book cut - dull introduction
DDown 6:	Clear and concise expression of desire for a good man after death?
DDown 7:	River rose, spawning a lake maybe
DDown 10:	American dopes lie on the sheets in this
DDown 14:	Safety barrier for people on flight?
DDown 16:	Raise hand - foul in extra time
DDown 18:	Revolutionary greeting in foreign language
DDown 19:	Country province with old people half fading away
DDown 22:	Endless amusement with fabulous bird turning up on that holiday island	CORFU
DDown 24:	Man will pursue a treasure-promising sign - that's taken for granted