The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 28th October 2008

There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 28th October 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Ruffians on holiday, blubbing?
AAcross 10:	Extend towards heaven as breakdown vehicle?
AAcross 11:	Desert from which weary male returned
AAcross 12:	Jazz's inspiring stanza came across
AAcross 13:	Relative can start to evangelise, relating to old church leader	SISTINE
AAcross 14:	Recover from 15
AAcross 17:	Needing four, not odds, cut deck
AAcross 19:	So then Status Quo maintained by 15
AAcross 20:	Give quality to some fifteen duets
AAcross 21:	A formation of geese gobbled by bird attending a restaurant
AAcross 22:	Man aboard ship 27s, then man's given 27 by 15	SHESAID
AAcross 24:	1 by 15
AAcross 26:	Time off a bit below the belt?
AAcross 28:	Partly rejected, never a deciduous tree!
AAcross 29:	Play a straight bat to block, protecting single wicket
AAcross 29:	Play a straight bat to block, protecting single wicket
DDown 1:	Couple came together, one facing the ceiling?
DDown 2:	See 4
DDown 3:	Yes, thumb initially stopping leaking tap, say, by 15	DAYTRIPPER
DDown 4:	Possibly White Album, as not black, right from 15?	IAMTHE
DDown 5:	English mark achieved for French food
DDown 6:	See 19 across	ITBE
DDown 7:	So get thousand from 15	TWISTAND
DDown 8:	First of August, clear and dry
DDown 13:	See 7
DDown 15:	Bitter about contract finally secured by old city group	THEBEATLES
DDown 16:	Make a bloomer, possibly, talking about poverty
DDown 18:	Damn all wine unfinished by 15	LOVEMEDO
DDown 19:	Most verdant field, 40% of which over the street
DDown 22:	Translating ultimately into Chinese, "king" becomes "foreign male"
DDown 23:	Beast wants plate flipped over
DDown 24:	Container for wine
DDown 25:	Go for change
DDown 27:	Support from 15