The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 7th May 2009

There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 7th May 2009. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Like the firebird, nothing less
AAcross 5:	Spare in the direction of Paddington?
AAcross 10:	Scottish port where anything goes?	OBAN
AAcross 11:	Many a girl gathers piles for a skinflint
AAcross 12:	One should abstain from putting one's name to it
AAcross 13:	It contains cheese spread to make a slippery surface	ICESHEET
AAcross 14:	Gravity among raving Dior fans could be cool
AAcross 14:	Gravity among raving Dior fans could be cool
AAcross 16:	For the old to smoke in church sounds reasonable
AAcross 17:	Wrong direction taken by writer
AAcross 19:	Piper creation unknown by the lady, being marginal
AAcross 23:	Clown Prince	GRIMALDI
AAcross 24:	Showy girl's bereavement in heartless family
AAcross 26:	Old brewer includes a bit of enzyme to make it
AAcross 27:	Plant that makes one free
AAcross 28:	Lacking potentialilty of sire, let off
AAcross 29:	Food to entail many in preparation
DDown 2:	Plant — perhaps that's 22 when cropped
DDown 3:	Dug up material from below?
DDown 4:	One of the classic letters patent for a type of power
DDown 6:	Bird with mutable posterity (except tit)
DDown 7:	Sheba, say, and king she entertained with free gifts
DDown 8:	Proverbial episcopal confidential adviser
DDown 9:	Getting me in line, wife's skills are needed	FEMININEWILES
DDown 15:	Some great construction?
DDown 18:	Assemble outside the right church to see bride's fine
DDown 20:	One with no faith in left-wing hero
DDown 21:	Runabout, as is perhaps a droshky?
DDown 22:	Dollop on a plate like the web
DDown 25:	Blame for dropping off front of stage