The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 14th December 2007

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 14th December 2007. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	One of us dropping couple in centre of resort
AAcross 5:	He and I fail to provide part of engine
AAcross 9:	Chap writing War and Peace, for example
AAcross 10:	Bad atmosphere in which mother keeps one apart from son
AAcross 11:	Flaws in church's positions, by popular account
AAcross 13:	At the core, privileges seen as rotten
AAcross 14:	Dismissed second player on side - using this?
AAcross 17:	Idiot breaking rule put in new post
AAcross 18:	Lean over the edge
AAcross 20:	British flee in all directions, to village in part of Canada
AAcross 23:	Bird turned over eggs etc when disturbed
AAcross 24:	Showing some Picasso on a screen, once	ASSOONAS
AAcross 25:	Takes chair, as 'e's surrounded by lots of lions
AAcross 26:	Title holder uses it
DDown 2:	Produce metallic sound as band
DDown 3:	A couple of hunters, perhaps, who cheat?	TWOTIMERS
DDown 4:	Deny any wrong, for example
DDown 5:	Pleasant listening - such as 1, 7, 13, 18, 21 and 26, say?	MUSICTOONESEARS
DDown 6:	Able to figure nature out without me
DDown 7:	Dictator, none the less, abandoned European currency
DDown 8:	Flexibility of wings, say, wrapped around seabirds
DDown 12:	Person with convictions? Yes and no
DDown 15:	Present knight after thriving king celebrated
DDown 16:	Having a specific position and special duties over a short time
DDown 19:	Stick unusually hard, as tacky stuff
DDown 21:	Players picked for defending champions
DDown 22:	Finish off Guardian, for example, in Irish house