The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th December 2009

There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th December 2009. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Parent at home to couple getting spliced?
AAcross 6:	See 26
AAcross 10:	Catch a girl to love
AAcross 11:	Heroin substitute should be, in my view
AAcross 12:	Roadside worker, one to land at sea?
AAcross 13:	Revolutionary poem? No, a rude composition
AAcross 14:	Referee with his belt turning to cow?
AAcross 14:	Referee with his belt turning to cow?
AAcross 17:	Graceful, innit? — playing on the wild side
AAcross 21:	Inconclusive assault on man with case
AAcross 22:	Further entry into prison
AAcross 24:	French writer (not English) on board with rifles	SMALLARMS
AAcross 25:	Revolution without its first complaint
AAcross 26:	20's half hidden in the open when there's no sun
AAcross 27:	Setter with a monitoring device fitted about to transport him to prison	MEATWAGON
DDown 1:	Catastrophe for officer, partner to Jones, among other ranks?
DDown 1:	Catastrophe for officer, partner to Jones, among other ranks?
DDown 2:	Popular group sees the smaller picture
DDown 3:	Fans can be unreliable in their enthusiasm	BLOWHOTANDCOLD
DDown 4:	Shakespearean lord of the Golden Blackbird	AUMERLE
DDown 5:	In which Henry VII rallied his troops to make slaves
DDown 7:	L-shaped bar in a longer form
DDown 8:	Prance around — the last way to treat a ball?
DDown 9:	What is this Jersey? An exercise in vowel sounds?	HOWNOWBROWNCOW
DDown 15:	Embarrassed by finding items of Royal Mail late as ever
DDown 16:	Flag on vessel as young as ever?
DDown 18:	There's about zero miles from what can be proved
DDown 19:	Prison as acknowledgment of game
DDown 20:	Lieutenant caught the fool in 10 10	CASSIO
DDown 23:	Forward way to Tipperary