The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 20th May 2008

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 20th May 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	A party captivated by money tree
AAcross 5:	Acknowledge payment received
AAcross 9:	Where two cathedrals are requiring organ fund
AAcross 11:	Class consumed by Seneca's teachings
AAcross 12:	Shakespearean explorer clutches black instrument
AAcross 15:	Vice, as it happens, repelled
AAcross 16:	Thatcher was an uncompromising leader going in to secure noose	ANTIEUROPE
AAcross 18:	Drink encourages food	SCOTCHEGGS
AAcross 19:	Austrian composer's cold mass
AAcross 21:	Girl gargoyle, guy gargoyle? I'm not sure!	ITSHARDTOSAY
AAcross 24:	You receive cards from me, so perfect
AAcross 25:	Is amputation so irresistible?
AAcross 26:	Vehicle needing reasonable skill to pass third of Bugattis
AAcross 27:	Singing fish almost died during play when gutted
DDown 1:	Horse shooter
DDown 2:	15 sort of patriarch
DDown 3:	Albatross or eagle? Yes and no
DDown 4:	Well done Shed, a cryptic puffed up!
DDown 6:	Cement religious instruction, say, in this construction	RICEGLUE
DDown 7:	Draw mob and see wild mayhem
DDown 8:	Glee at home breaking something fragile?	THEMALEEGO
DDown 10:	John sheltering BBC man in outskirts of Greenwich employs temporary accommodation	LODGINGHOUSES
DDown 13:	For every warmish season one's wrapped up, might one be so?
DDown 14:	V-shaped locks opening, not new, say
DDown 17:	Son, one on all fours for doctor writing prescription, typically?
DDown 20:	Plant the reason for another fine mess?
DDown 22:	Soak to lose everything then?
DDown 23:	Plain sailing finally during month without leadership