The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd May 2008

There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd May 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Fruit came up before joint
AAcross 1:	Fruit came up before joint
AAcross 5:	Authority for jingoism?
AAcross 9:	Undergo suffering to obtain reward
AAcross 10:	Rod, one with extra lashes, a stinker
AAcross 11:	Laird's got his start with us backing out of evening drink
AAcross 12:	See 1 down
AAcross 13:	See 1 down
AAcross 15:	State in which are both sides of the national drink	INDIANTEA
AAcross 17:	12 in the family way? Funny thing about good mother 12
AAcross 19:	"Greetings, Blair!" (Bush) (leaders love layabout)
AAcross 22:	Swimmer approaching centre
AAcross 23:	One below 12, disappointment to weatherman
AAcross 25:	Bit of an argument with backing of two, one by one?
AAcross 26:	Organisation for the pious of French origin	OPUSDEI
AAcross 27:	A rebel setter's 13 body for the new ...
AAcross 28:	... student in upper room with church interior
DDown 1:	A glorious thing for a gondolier's girl to be even craving to grasp equal opportunity after getting run out
DDown 2:	The barber of Seville's first little soldier
DDown 3:	Why droughts show where to take waters
DDown 4:	Poor Anne died wearing coloured drawers
DDown 5:	Where 12 lives by being on the screen?
DDown 6:	In trust, intelligence on old Egypt remains here
DDown 7:	"Old" is about ... about a hundred and one
DDown 8:	12 lost her page - ain't it a shame?
DDown 14:	Tree with nest in London	LIMEHOUSE
DDown 16:	Christian's keeping recreation time with board
DDown 17:	There's 50% trickery at the heart of 17 across's gospel
DDown 18:	Falls once more, rising with the sun
DDown 20:	Fair student who discovered the Lionheart	BLONDEL
DDown 21:	Lone wolf from Route 51
DDown 23:	Maybe 13 explosive
DDown 24:	Maybe 13 go red