The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 9th June 2011

There are 14 across clues and 11 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 9th June 2011. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Plot by former minister is a plant
AAcross 9:	No soft sentence starting with nothing but an old prayer
AAcross 10:	Colour of gold stream
AAcross 11:	Parts too difficult to dig up?
AAcross 12:	Darkness is short, but not far away
AAcross 13:	Study awkward transit restriction
AAcross 15:	Doctor finds slimy mess in girl's dress
AAcross 16:	Openness is able to satisfy old city
AAcross 18:	Number lacking article on study of arts
AAcross 19:	Glut of fancy teas
AAcross 20:	Firm terrain — hang on! — it's full of holes!
AAcross 22:	Bullfighter ripped or turned over
AAcross 23:	Like William, is in retreat and advanced
AAcross 24:	Processions, say, in Iberian legislature
DDown 1:	Ruse one City despot invented to get bank collateral …
DDown 2:	… what's needed, up to the maximum …	ASMUCHASITTAKES
DDown 3:	… RBS certain to produce a copy
DDown 4:	Colour scheme that's not quite 2,000 kg, but more than 40 cwt	TWOTONE
DDown 5:	Supermarket's poultry facility
DDown 5:	Supermarket's poultry facility
DDown 6:	Could be blip, or a state of mind
DDown 7:	Police response to graveyard vandalism?	NOSTONEUNTURNED
DDown 14:	With this party art's in chaos, rapidly disappearing
DDown 17:	Music given by religious brother at church?
DDown 21:	What one finds on the internet, thanks to the lawyer