The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 18th July 2011

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 18th July 2011. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Get one's own back
AAcross 6:	Attempt to form a party
AAcross 8:	Encircled friend making a comeback
AAcross 9:	Kind disposition
AAcross 10:	Severely punished for being drunk
AAcross 11:	Runners allowed to enter various heats
AAcross 12:	Wit of an animated priest
AAcross 15:	Set off for school in time
AAcross 16:	Notice fewer without blemish
AAcross 19:	They make us cold and wet
AAcross 21:	He lacked a fourth at bridge	HORATIUS
AAcross 22:	Oil found somewhere in southeast Europe, say
AAcross 24:	A sweet's round and in layers
AAcross 25:	At sea no rating is lacking in knowledge
AAcross 26:	Build-up of runs — they may retain the Ashes
AAcross 27:	One suffering heat burns
DDown 1:	Respond to plea to return to the stage
DDown 2:	Publicist covers new lines in lager
DDown 3:	Reacted like a startled horse and threw
DDown 4:	Defile and glen in the country
DDown 5:	Mock the northern city's affectation
DDown 6:	Bird of the frozen North
DDown 7:	Refused it anyway, having had more than enough
DDown 13:	Stay to eat and drink
DDown 14:	Sheridan's competitors?	THERIVALS
DDown 17:	They take the strain out of brewing	TEABAGS
DDown 18:	Meeting that has no standing?
DDown 20:	In this world, or possibly another
DDown 22:	Sail out of port
DDown 23:	A Spaniard of Norse extraction