The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd May 2008

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd May 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Liverpudlian society needs firm handler
AAcross 5:	Go quickly, wrapping redhead in topcoat
AAcross 9:	Hinder in law directions given to spinner
AAcross 10:	I came bounding in, the parrot being disputatious
AAcross 11:	Wonderful friend, capturing female to love to pieces
AAcross 12:	Writer mostly astray
AAcross 14:	Greatly inclined to take Walesa as English by race
AAcross 18:	Poor? I'm very old, retired, coming in chilled to the bone
AAcross 21:	Wages heard to be up
AAcross 22:	Distraught, he can't hope to get off lightly	ONTHECHEAP
AAcross 25:	Ruffian to get a division of the spoils (hot art, perhaps)
AAcross 26:	Newspaper metaphor G and S take to heart
AAcross 27:	Padre's a composer of marches
AAcross 28:	Divine, holding girl with time off
DDown 1:	Haggard heroine comes upon first religious Father to be a mountaineer
DDown 2:	A specialist shop is opening
DDown 3:	Frisky about being at university, maintaining a loyal interest
DDown 4:	Europe has nothing to lose, changing currency
DDown 5:	Choice articles from museum science room, including original urban man
DDown 6:	Creature on soft slope
DDown 7:	Little by little, male chin undergoes transformation
DDown 8:	Dance round trees by lake in Yorkshire	HELMSLEY
DDown 13:	Dog caught in lobster trap after son gets the bird
DDown 15:	Mistaken and certain to be taken up about early duplicating machine
DDown 16:	Last drink? On your own head be it
DDown 17:	Surgeon who will do you if he can
DDown 19:	Wife having advantage over daughter gets stuck
DDown 20:	Spirited witticism in heaven?
DDown 23:	Join companion on strike
DDown 24:	Cast of beginners to see how everyone differs