The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 10th December 2008

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 10th December 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Sailors and soldiers with tendency to drink up
AAcross 10:	Plattdeutsch was without unstressed vowel sound
AAcross 11:	Muslim rulers distribute lakh - with conditions!
AAcross 12:	River, or banked fastflowing water
AAcross 13:	Live without issue, then die
AAcross 14:	Flossie is finally furious when Dotty gets set in her ways
AAcross 16:	Support socialist writer, we hear
AAcross 17:	Shy priest presented with a flower
AAcross 19:	Amazing model married a real berk
AAcross 22:	Boy has sex change
AAcross 24:	Run into Peter out in Japan?
AAcross 25:	Cool little girl with gold tooth
AAcross 26:	Right to be king and regularly exercise power
AAcross 27:	Love a party a lot
DDown 1:	They give unwanted advice and help to Spanish motorists, perhaps	BACKSEATDRIVERS
DDown 2:	At a drug den, stripped off
DDown 3:	Bear-baiting's leading one to perdition
DDown 4:	Perhaps jet set gnome's gone bust?
DDown 5:	Official end to hostilities in America
DDown 6:	Lost boats are beginning to look for help with navigation
DDown 7:	Encourages good health
DDown 8:	All over the place are things that are not initially of great importance
DDown 15:	Ratings relaxing on board ship see Archer Fish, perhaps	STARSIGNS
DDown 17:	Lie about one's dad being sweet!
DDown 18:	Address of the woman's joint
DDown 20:	Doctor's car is an old
DDown 21:	Religious community slaughtered sheep
DDown 23:	Take part in bibulous, crapulent brawl