The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 13th August 2008

There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 13th August 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Put lower down the bill, losing lead, luvvy expressed feelings thus
AAcross 5:	Very blue road material
AAcross 5:	Very blue road material
AAcross 9:	Joy has hit with "Harmonious Society"
AAcross 10:	Organised competitive sport: the "French disease"?
AAcross 11:	Supporter elected to return old president, one on the fiddle	NIGELKENNEDY
AAcross 13:	Court demands return of drink carrier
AAcross 14:	Key, covered in awful grot, such as might be attached to a trunk
AAcross 17:	Abstract painter's milieu - excluding southeast, there are six examples in this puzzle
AAcross 18:	See 17
AAcross 20:	Parking on local trail around Everest's starting point is not fully developed
AAcross 23:	Long time to be wed to an artist
AAcross 24:	One trapped by Plato in discursive medium
AAcross 25:	Only just started at home on a sweet treat, pass out
AAcross 26:	Group fashion infiltrates, however brief	THEWHO
DDown 2:	Head is off beam, a long way
DDown 3:	Any edited casual treatment of material that's patchy	TIEANDDYE
DDown 4:	Avalanche day before Whistler's 7th Winter Olympics event
DDown 5:	Centre having large input into new "Beetle" range: it wasn't well-focused at first	HUBBLETELESCOPE
DDown 6:	Mind at rest (conjured up memories of orbiting Earth)
DDown 7:	Cold and hot alternatively in a neckwear item?
DDown 8:	Seasonal newsletter, much copied, about to get the bird
DDown 12:	County town's banger selling place, just for women	CARMARTHEN
DDown 15:	Wind instrument with suitable cut put by one inside makes seesaw
DDown 16:	Act a bit odd on getting a piece of bread
DDown 19:	Each should enter 20%-reduced East European currency as "immoderate"
DDown 21:	Land fish
DDown 22:	Tongue-in-cheek housing creep