The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 19th May 2008

There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 19th May 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Handles of brushes
AAcross 5:	Fielder's position in accomplished cricket side	FINELEG
AAcross 10:	Sounds a lot to make much of
AAcross 11:	First one on the shift?
AAcross 12:	Repeatedly set about a fly
AAcross 13:	Public building due to be consecrated
AAcross 14:	Worker in firm put in charge? Great!
AAcross 16:	Sailors may take a turn round them
AAcross 17:	Nerve - but not of steel!
AAcross 19:	Coach has to remain outside as required by the law
AAcross 23:	Good man rebuilt a crock for racing?
AAcross 23:	Good man rebuilt a crock for racing?
AAcross 24:	Suit to change into
AAcross 26:	No estimate for rebuilding home
AAcross 27:	What shopkeepers do is to close after five
AAcross 28:	Did better?
AAcross 29:	'Three months' - something Judge Jeffreys rarely gave
DDown 2:	Prospect following land clearance	OPENSEA
DDown 3:	He may be found in a wrongful act
DDown 4:	Push former wife in front of train
DDown 6:	Things difficult to live up to in one's trade?
DDown 7:	He may explain changes to incomes
DDown 8:	One constituent of fire may be oxygen, for example
DDown 9:	Nobility and rank may well be a big issue	HIGHBIRTHRATE
DDown 15:	Experiment on patients may set precedents	TESTCASES
DDown 18:	Soldiers with a bit of a struggle to succeed?
DDown 20:	Picture furniture embellished with gold
DDown 21:	Account for two Christian churches
DDown 22:	Head imposed fine at university
DDown 25:	Report on insurance