The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th May 2011

There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th May 2011. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Drug that makes one live longer, reportedly
AAcross 8:	A soak's ending? What, in summer month? Do this then!
AAcross 9:	Place reached by sea passage, we hear
AAcross 10:	Old chap eating lunch maybe, one to perk up
AAcross 12:	Little house with people not half dull
AAcross 13:	Fish gone off course, one no good for catching
AAcross 15:	No rebel, hard-working student said to be on the ball
AAcross 16:	See 15
AAcross 17:	See 15
AAcross 18:	Sixth sense employed to secure ring to be married
AAcross 20:	Lousiest material editor's chucked out
AAcross 21:	Splits from son, always being held in scorn
AAcross 22:	Characters enthralled by the beautiful goddess
AAcross 24:	African managed to seize rod of authority
AAcross 25:	Be boisterous, turning bad in swaying motion
DDown 1:	Achieves easy success, when not yielding to highwayman's request?
DDown 2:	Good old England wicketkeeper who worked for TV programme?
DDown 3:	Sort of business catastrophe to get caught up in
DDown 3:	Sort of business catastrophe to get caught up in
DDown 4:	Stars joining jail birds
DDown 5:	Top gymnast in Eastern city once
DDown 6:	Got lucre quickly with fancy backed — a fat sum
DDown 11:	Go wrong dealing with pub drink — being taken short within walking distance?
DDown 12:	See 1
DDown 14:	See 6	AFAST
DDown 16:	Like an old chapel in Wales Nye restored
DDown 17:	Underground passage undamaged with class heading off into it
DDown 19:	Duke or count — he falls off gee-gee in middle of bog	ORSINO
DDown 20:	"Jammy" ladies going to wicked city with a loss of love and common sense
DDown 21:	See 1
DDown 23:	See 6