The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st August 2008

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st August 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Film-maker needing specs, oddly, in 20
AAcross 5:	Was police chief noxious?
AAcross 9:	Warner making a rare film
AAcross 11:	Ten to one, for example - a time to enter port
AAcross 12:	Cow that's converted ignores hell	LOWERREGIONS
AAcross 15:	McBeal supporter
AAcross 16:	Much appreciated by card players?
AAcross 18:	Delay in progress requiring courage and audacity
AAcross 19:	Augustus who painted an evangelist
AAcross 21:	One who applauds directors may be employed in film-making
AAcross 24:	Holiday destination in Balearic Islands: zany antics introduced	IBIZA
AAcross 25:	Fib about characters in script - it may be discounted
AAcross 26:	Baroque dances in Strasbourg, I guess
AAcross 27:	Fred and Adele putting energy into a series of steps	ASTAIRES
DDown 1:	Filter provided in street
DDown 2:	Ladies' fingers up to scratch artist
DDown 3:	Mere appearance of fish that hurts!
DDown 4:	"French diet", says de Gaulle for one
DDown 6:	Claim made by spa without aspiration
DDown 7:	Material swelling up? That's understood	COTTONEDON
DDown 8:	Doctor, getting to work on solution, communicates	DROPSALINE
DDown 10:	Rock stars seem somehow to be relics of a past age	MARKETCROSSES
DDown 13:	Bear cub's broken home - Goldilocks started by cooking outdoors
DDown 14:	Learner, in fits and starts, discovering activity on course	FLATRACING
DDown 17:	Bookkeeper in lawsuit after error?
DDown 20:	Blame accepted by doctor taking a drink
DDown 22:	Couturier backing embroidered veils
DDown 23:	Pickle or jam in the dining room