The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 3rd June 2010

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 3rd June 2010. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Paper over couple's indiscretions at first, after often squirming in court
AAcross 9:	See 16	ANDTHE
AAcross 10:	Power twists from behind
AAcross 11:	Coagulant goes pear-shaped, reminiscent primarily of one shape …
AAcross 12:	… or another, with bad speller introducing L
AAcross 14:	Went on the Israeli version of "Father Ted"?
AAcross 15:	Fine time way back, gatecrashing artless party
AAcross 17:	Creature unhappy with useless person
AAcross 17:	Creature unhappy with useless person
AAcross 20:	Philosopher finds our complex about American waters
AAcross 22:	Creature has something on the floor to nail back
AAcross 23:	Stopped to pocket last of coleslaw in suit, so stupid
AAcross 23:	Stopped to pocket last of coleslaw in suit, so stupid
AAcross 24:	See 16
AAcross 25:	A need to feed and feed, it's accepted
AAcross 26:	Stereotypical Mancunian garb for Croatian resort?
DDown 1:	Creature, duck with cuckoo, tail of dove
DDown 2:	Second, not top, so uncertain
DDown 3:	Walked out of Dorset
DDown 4:	Creature having drink on pole
DDown 5:	Point of writer getting locked in passage, might he put you away?
DDown 6:	Pulse beating in a daze, buck losing consciousness for a start
DDown 7:	Saying wears thin, when said
DDown 13:	Secret, as chap initially given sex change, might you say?
DDown 16:	The other six in this puzzle for discussion?	THEBIRDS
DDown 18:	Year said to be difficult, it seems likely	IDARESAY
DDown 19:	Friend trapping principal creature
DDown 21:	What's round and called "tangerine", ultimately?
DDown 22:	Creature, one in shift
DDown 24:	End finance