The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 21st August 2006

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 21st August 2006. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Annoy by leaving on purpose
AAcross 5:	Work on icebreaker in a new wet suit
AAcross 9:	Busts are being developed beyond comprehension
AAcross 10:	The continual round of wage increases?
AAcross 11:	Copper isn't very well behaved	ASGOODASGOLD
AAcross 13:	Smart fellow the French take into account
AAcross 14:	To act in this way is not in one''s own interest
AAcross 17:	Starts career studies	GOESINTO
AAcross 18:	Decline and fall
AAcross 20:	Unreliable combination of opposites	FASTANDLOOSE
AAcross 23:	Way out writer in French restaurant
AAcross 24:	Recall soldiers and arm
AAcross 25:	Strange surgery involving female implants
AAcross 26:	Grandma gets setback in French town
DDown 2:	Cheats seen -- watch pockets
DDown 3:	Delights in actor's appearances
DDown 4:	Originally, Dickens's Barnaby was a menial
DDown 5:	Members are entitled to sit here	THEHOUSEOFLORDS
DDown 6:	A barrier to progress for some races
DDown 7:	It may make a topping sweet
DDown 8:	Prince not getting up for the dance
DDown 12:	Assignment left in a particular spot
DDown 15:	He might take advantage of a damsel in distress
DDown 16:	Switch choices occasionally
DDown 19:	Army leader wearing decoration is quite usual
DDown 21:	A private coach?
DDown 22:	In football he must be included in the top eleven players