The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 16th December 2009

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 16th December 2009. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Bearer of wine giving a service in church
AAcross 4:	In the interests of man to cut fat back?
AAcross 9:	Round sound?
AAcross 10:	Lesser jobs returning Mexican food in French planes
AAcross 11:	Sport screened by covering feature in Chamonix, for example
AAcross 12:	Loud 6, not the first as 6
AAcross 13:	Elitist admitting western soprano dazzled
AAcross 15:	See 16 down
AAcross 16:	Communist movement?
AAcross 17:	Get seaman ordered for Boy George, perhaps
AAcross 21:	Why attention given to pudding in the distant past	YEARSAGO
AAcross 22:	See 1 down
AAcross 24:	McDonald's given foot, one gathered, on every strip in Florida
AAcross 25:	See 7	NEMO
AAcross 26:	Having backed horse, shame non-starter given total exposure
AAcross 27:	My boss is working to become an inventor
DDown 1:	6 showing yellow wee
DDown 2:	See 14
DDown 3:	Queen in decline without a cleaner
DDown 5:	Raise some genial, educated girl	ELAINE
DDown 6:	Paul's in a state — that's life!
DDown 7:	6 where wild dog gobbles pieces up after bit of fish
DDown 8:	Useless oaf Clinton cavorting with nun
DDown 14:	Partial 6 doctor put in the picture, OK to go on	WHOFRAMED
DDown 16:	6 like nothing else	THELION
DDown 18:	Party laid on for knight
DDown 19:	He has the bottle to exploit isle
DDown 20:	See 14
DDown 23:	In which beer is capital