The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 28th August 2008

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th August 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Head of school science shortened a plan
AAcross 4:	Letter sent out that isn't straight down the line
AAcross 9:	Zero - the mark needed for special award!
AAcross 10:	A service outside church - about time for one to make plans
AAcross 11:	Pay fare to get access to this - fare goes with this
AAcross 12:	Second man to breed
AAcross 13:	Congressional committee swayed man, getting different answer
AAcross 17:	Report suggesting past improvement for one of the flowers?	STANDARDROSE
AAcross 20:	Criticism, but not of piece imitating something older
AAcross 21:	Having no bits of news is absurd
AAcross 23:	Criticise Brown, having to carry the can as a clown?
AAcross 24:	School bus is alternative to this
AAcross 25:	Literature - almost nothing turned up at the start, its prize-giver found
AAcross 26:	Nymph producing article, then a memoir
DDown 1:	What one mapping Ulster may need to do in moment of truth
DDown 2:	Carriages to inflict damage on joints, we hear
DDown 3:	Doctor managed to be Churchill's medical adviser	MORAN
DDown 5:	Under custody with fixed amount of food, eating cold porridge
DDown 6:	Boy involved in murder, say, with hand finally this?
DDown 7:	Little uprising in place to get freedom of action
DDown 8:	Sailor wraps metal in cloth
DDown 10:	Likely to be on a crash course?
DDown 14:	Journeying unto a star? He's not yet!
DDown 15:	Plant growing up in stronghold's front end
DDown 16:	The simplest folk needing to get each son into trousers
DDown 18:	14 will make this blunder
DDown 19:	Girl hides leg along another part of body
DDown 22:	Bird lands on child, little fellow