The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 6th August 2008

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 6th August 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Present man without eating food
AAcross 5:	Handy man first entering wine with no head	HABILIS
AAcross 9:	Man standing before court (the Guardian)	ERECTUS
AAcross 10:	Veto breaking sign to north country
AAcross 11:	Register of cases shows one hoping to play for his country
AAcross 12:	Saint of island that was mapped?	LUCIA
AAcross 13:	A number - a lot - worth little
AAcross 15:	I came back with a boy all skin and bone
AAcross 17:	Sailor and boat - I would string them up	JACKKETCH
AAcross 19:	Sound article more like 1 across than 5 across or 9?
AAcross 22:	Earth mother's ecclesiastical title taking in 9
AAcross 23:	Sing about great start for man (early 1 across)
AAcross 25:	Poor income, little energy and no people at this time
AAcross 26:	With lines or the opposite?
AAcross 27:	Number those in heaven, the poshest or the best?
AAcross 28:	City slicker's first in support of drug
DDown 1:	Poisonous to swallow carrot top? I doubt it
DDown 2:	Take chair at piano and stay there?
DDown 3:	Praise for previous payment not complete
DDown 4:	Sent round American money to be supportive
DDown 5:	A large number - about 50 - planets are mine	HOLST
DDown 6:	Hogs (Bible revealed) that went racing down steep slope
DDown 7:	Picture crazy - O for a lunatic!
DDown 8:	Heliotropic grass surrounding international organization
DDown 14:	9's dog?
DDown 16:	Manx primate's time todie, possibly of love
DDown 17:	9 translated agreement to put Mum in front
DDown 18:	Foppish fellow to steer horse round mountain
DDown 20:	Pitman fighting a deity?
DDown 21:	Trevor has queen (unknown) in place of sisters
DDown 23:	Approximate temperature of fiddle
DDown 24:	Vintage car owned by technical visionary	ALVIS