The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd July 2010

There are 13 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd July 2010. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Fairies engulfing trainee's head in River of Proficiency
AAcross 10:	Laugher longing to interrupt brief laugh
AAcross 11:	Nearly 100 affected by theft
AAcross 12:	Method of divination, taking time, causes irritation
AAcross 13:	South Bank plant
AAcross 14:	Mariner's expletive about faulty maps	SHIPSMATE
AAcross 16:	Piece of furniture and ring Caliban locates in "Tempest"?	OCCASIONALTABLE
AAcross 19:	Shed's pen quashes fashion for ostentation
AAcross 21:	Middle (reportedly) of desert
AAcross 22:	Sport putting one in prison? Excellent!
AAcross 23:	Symbol of racket at opening of golf club
AAcross 24:	Lustre of the man in the money
AAcross 25:	Proclaimed former quality of sword
DDown 1:	Capital largely welcoming America's right-wing political leader	BERLUSCONI
DDown 2:	Tossed picadors (off and on)
DDown 3:	Country's musical sound
DDown 4:	Sardonic about one being lean
DDown 5:	Validity of bequest entailing Cockney injunction to boxer?
DDown 6:	Solidly built bunch of idiots?
DDown 7:	Press coverage of new and old town
DDown 8:	Dynasty with taste
DDown 14:	Goes on spree, perhaps, drunk and over-exposed
DDown 15:	Nearly meet mixture of ingredients
DDown 17:	Minimise importance of function involving food shop
DDown 18:	Primate's hard at work apprehending hard black sailor
DDown 18:	Primate's hard at work apprehending hard black sailor
DDown 20:	Guys accepting help from girl
DDown 21:	Ingeniously procure source of wet fish
DDown 22:	Tease little boy
DDown 23:	Join cut