The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th February 2010

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th February 2010. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Old man fools sailor, friend of 21/19 10/23
AAcross 5:	Show off uniform worn by 17 24 25
AAcross 9:	Intimidate male and female creatures, say
AAcross 10:	See 21
AAcross 12:	Drinking too much beer, including a 17 24 school swimming coach
AAcross 15:	Make more bitter recycling half of beer crate after cutback
AAcross 17:	Retracted notice about the French in 16 11 only?
AAcross 19:	See 21
AAcross 20:	Aboard ship, girl longs for 16 11 character
AAcross 22:	One to help you out spinning single and EP at ball
AAcross 26:	Tit for tat through chink in defence
AAcross 27:	Batting very fast, being offensive
AAcross 28:	One that's waged war 17 24 during Frenchman's retreat
AAcross 29:	Poet writes, dipping into sherry regularly
DDown 1:	Watering holes doubly essential for orphan elephant?
DDown 2:	Hat way over the 17 (offence in parts?) if 17 24
DDown 3:	Drank gin and almost cuddled 17 24 when drunk
DDown 4:	Agreed to go round Australia with a back-up instrument
DDown 6:	Fruit partly quartered when eaten by Abraham's nephew
DDown 7:	Ill repute surrounds a sucker raised in a hole	UPAGUMTREE
DDown 8:	Play Greek character briefly: 1-20 September, roughly?	THETEMPEST
DDown 11:	Last one Puck made an ass of?
DDown 13:	Cooking sherry in bed? No-no in this part of England	DERBYSHIRE
DDown 14:	Criminal left one with a wave
DDown 16:	Black activist tailed car heading off for US bomb site
DDown 18:	US president warning about ailing markets, initially
DDown 21:	Cake cut out? Rubbish! It's located in 16 11
DDown 23:	See 21
DDown 24:	See 17
DDown 25:	See 1 across