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    The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd January 2009

    There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd January 2009. View the answers below..
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    Number# Clue Answer
    AAcross 1: Sent in unconvincing actor to star in court drama
    AAcross 4: Strained limb? An agricultural worker is ready to dropINLAMB
    AAcross 9: Quick! Go back! This could be trespass
    AAcross 10: Oral check at vestals' romp with BoatmanSALIVATEST
    AAcross 11: See 1
    AAcross 12: Typical of a minister, swilling caviar (about one litre)
    AAcross 13: Place for jewel production in Brest misspelt after first year in dictionary
    AAcross 15: Exploited said object
    AAcross 16: See 23
    AAcross 17: "The burden is behind me", he writes about drunken raves
    AAcross 21: Contents of covered pan damaged by little beast
    AAcross 22: Ignoring danger of peacekeepers joining conflict before letter of agreement
    AAcross 24: Boatman in youth given order to vacate landNAVALCADET
    AAcross 25: Borrow from boyfriend to hear orchestral soloist
    AAcross 26: "The Eumenides" is typical setting for refrain
    AAcross 27: Without love, a soldier can be a monster
    AAcross 27: Without love, a soldier can be a monster
    DDown 1: You may find gateaux on it, but not fruitcakes
    DDown 2: Negative admission: two treetops are spruce
    DDown 3: Policy-maker's collapse is rerun
    DDown 5: Under a month before Christmas we see "Frost" and "The Apprentice"
    DDown 6: Leading actor on drugs - they're common among the stars
    DDown 7: Leading actor in false paternity claim
    DDown 8: Here actors compete for central part of Pip in musical, with one drawback: at first sight ...OLIVIERAWARDS
    DDown 14: ... the odds are on McKellen's colleagues
    DDown 16: Careless dispatch rider losing script for film
    DDown 16: Careless dispatch rider losing script for film
    DDown 18: The line dividing the Kop after unfinished match
    DDown 19: No actor playing here
    DDown 20: Carries out complicated ascent
    DDown 23: Actor (below) mistaken for criminal
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