The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 9th July 2008

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th July 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Allowed a bird to get into bed
AAcross 5:	Indirect strike only half completed
AAcross 10:	Volcano to be seen before going back
AAcross 11:	Not a nice woman turned reputable novelist
AAcross 12:	Brief binge around the end of the day
AAcross 13:	Ad for tablet ably modified and swallowed
AAcross 14:	I'd better be buried by existing head
AAcross 16:	This heathen hides silver in a container
AAcross 17:	Fight for junk
AAcross 19:	They're here, being inexperienced in the ATS
AAcross 23:	Family party gets me endless criticism
AAcross 24:	Mistakes made by a scoundrel in time
AAcross 26:	Purgative poems about sailors
AAcross 27:	One caught in the loo turning round for a bottle
AAcross 28:	Home, so a daughter wants to slip into something
AAcross 29:	Different girl, one in Italy, to approve of
DDown 2:	English conductor meets king in an old car
DDown 3:	Like a giraffe, it's all right to have one half pint
DDown 4:	Busy but still agreed to get married
DDown 6:	This cardinal was certainly not an old woman
DDown 7:	Maybe king or queen needs food without substance
DDown 8:	She loves "The Prince", but after work he's endlessly a deceiver	OPHELIA
DDown 9:	Naps killed cat, excited by amorous activity	SLAPANDTICKLE
DDown 15:	Sources upset about old theatre entrance
DDown 18:	A hundred jumped like frogs, cut by repeated blows
DDown 20:	Poet who makes me snore
DDown 21:	Aggressive reporters stand around broken tap
DDown 22:	Inactivity? Just sat about with little sister
DDown 25:	Composer's journey doesn't start