The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 31st January 2007

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 31st January 2007. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Time to get stuck into romance like a Jackie Collins novel - a basic skill you'll need
AAcross 5:	Shun Dutch artist, having replaced king with wife
AAcross 9:	Brave leader returns child buried in earth
AAcross 10:	Dame Edna Everage's excellent bronze bust
AAcross 12:	Old blue bird protects newborn chick perhaps, close to snake
AAcross 15:	They can ruin your lawn, the buggers!
AAcross 17:	Instrument taking horse round lake to drink
AAcross 18:	Rational to keep hospital doctor in Jewish council
AAcross 19:	To set about wearing half of Gandhi's clothing
AAcross 20:	Nothing dissimilar to ...	NOTASAUSAGE
AAcross 24:	... such pants taken down smothered in ketchup and mustard?
AAcross 24:	... such pants taken down smothered in ketchup and mustard?
AAcross 25:	Area where campaigner against land mines put her foot down
AAcross 26:	Time light years away, stars appear so?
AAcross 27:	Part-timers kept in check by Queen's servant
DDown 1:	Allow to make off up M1 with one's sweetheart
DDown 2:	They cover me in seconds, beneath Jack
DDown 3:	Puzzling when ladder rocks (bottom sawn off)
DDown 4:	Consistent remark about a biscuit almost raised a point
DDown 6:	Hole in Amundsen's equipment gets dug
DDown 7:	Man welcomes in extremists? It's not clear
DDown 8:	Play, for example, or not!
DDown 11:	Get up one's nose? I do, with hair never old-fashioned	RISEANDSHINE
DDown 13:	Unfair claiming giro, rat on a suspect
DDown 14:	On the other hand, he's just as good
DDown 16:	Rudder support, harsh job
DDown 21:	Widely accepted bunch of racketeers harbouring right extremist
DDown 22:	Biblical son uniting female and male
DDown 23:	Not all came to nursery school	ETON