The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th January 2009

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th January 2009. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Instrument entertaining big time, as half of a double act	COSTELLO
AAcross 9:	Monk's 0/12?
AAcross 10:	Row in which cat's gutted
AAcross 11:	Place in a mess with habit of every character
AAcross 12:	Exposure, as opposed to either 9 14, 17 26, 23, 1, 2 24 or 22 15, we hear?
AAcross 14:	See 9
AAcross 15:	See 22 down
AAcross 17:	Carmichael's upsetting moggy with Iron Maiden
AAcross 20:	Fighting, setter gets dessert back out of the oven again	WARMEDUP
AAcross 22:	Saw always cutting grass
AAcross 23:	Ellington's low dog, biting princess	MOODINDIGO
AAcross 24:	See 2
AAcross 25:	Fool about, seeing gunpowder ingredient
AAcross 26:	See 17	ONMYMIND
DDown 1:	Ellington's jazzy diet, soul
DDown 2:	Carmichael's beginning to impress Duke and the Guardian
DDown 3:	Second offensive finally penetrating slack base
DDown 4:	Cannons finding the opposite for Antipodeans, one and all?
DDown 5:	Fabric has to fade beneath instrument
DDown 6:	Cross about fairy heading for Oberon in condescending manner
DDown 7:	Quite unusual to have half of food before meal
DDown 13:	Passport eaten by friendly cow?
DDown 16:	Threaten to make peace?
DDown 18:	Division of legion is in goal, charging
DDown 19:	A loop securing the last of your fruit
DDown 21:	A horse is how much?
DDown 22:	Arlen's "The Tempest"
DDown 24:	Broad barrier beginning to erode