The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 4th May 2010

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 4th May 2010. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	American ready to go on the wagon
AAcross 6:	Gaffer not the last with decoration on chest
AAcross 9:	Series of calls by bore with bad posture
AAcross 10:	Observe distinction
AAcross 11:	Fish taken back to jetty more likely to be a kipper?
AAcross 14:	County going after car dealers
AAcross 15:	Write about city centre without bungling
AAcross 16:	Soak too much
AAcross 18:	Soldier extremely rude about armed vessel
AAcross 20:	Independent state entertained by Jagger?
AAcross 21:	Fiddle starts to sound clear as mud
AAcross 25:	Straight men with blanket for head	DIRECTORGENERAL
AAcross 26:	Times providing cover for new saint	AGNES
AAcross 27:	One sees record producer first of all with time inside
DDown 1:	With a single exception, not quite noble
DDown 2:	Go on about horse
DDown 3:	Stiff young man going round Land's End
DDown 4:	A colleague of Castro is hurt
DDown 5:	Flora is dug out to identify tree
DDown 6:	Move right outside capital to find pet
DDown 7:	A diner's battered fish
DDown 8:	Church leader almost up to date with list that's circulated
DDown 12:	Send for the auditor — king reveals main losses
DDown 13:	Cops — insert rank
DDown 14:	Service area retaining the same flipping means of communication	MASSMEDIA
DDown 17:	Surround club after sin? Not entirely
DDown 19:	Bar constraining river passage
DDown 22:	Athlete once taking part in preliminary round
DDown 23:	Old Greek and English monster
DDown 24:	Wader that may be found in wood