The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th December 2008

There are 17 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th December 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Hood lacks subdominant character, which is rare
AAcross 5:	Island, one to a degree in Canada
AAcross 9:	Setter's finding moose hunter's good for sticking
AAcross 10:	Hearing smells may be what they have in common ...
AAcross 11:	... like what may be found under the carpet
AAcross 12:	Fellow sister with percussion problems ...
AAcross 13:	... she admits to have with drink	OWNSUP
AAcross 14:	Athenian in whatever element
AAcross 16:	Game about the French being one stop from Ashford	PLUCKLEY
AAcross 19:	Act one performs for fuel rating
AAcross 20:	Urge good girls not to get hard-boiled	EGGGLASSES
AAcross 22:	Like it knocked back?	ASTI
AAcross 23:	Mathematical function for English in 1 situation
AAcross 24:	Shoe for many an occasion, none excepted
AAcross 25:	One way to 3?
AAcross 25:	One way to 3?
AAcross 26:	Composer includes a number for you
DDown 2:	Spring comes in about two colours in London	CAMBERWELLGREEN
DDown 3:	Respond to trace change
DDown 4:	Oversee spice ground with stone?
DDown 5:	Mother puts a fellow in the shade
DDown 6:	Grandma is held for a month in Israel
DDown 7:	Article with more unusual proposition
DDown 8:	Is this cricketer in or out?	BATSMANONSTRIKE
DDown 15:	Type up poet in Scotland	TROSSACHS
DDown 17:	Runner catches fly, which is related
DDown 18:	It makes a woman unknown with a sort of mask over her head
DDown 21:	Pilasters in a neat array
DDown 22:	A bribe once could be efficacious