The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 7th November 2011

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 7th November 2011. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Carpeting material not staying put
AAcross 6:	Lover of Bess in musical heading off for wild party
AAcross 8:	Cricketer yearns to face spinner	LONGSTOP
AAcross 9:	Catch in Antwerp on the loose without wife
AAcross 10:	Plant a bomb that explodes overhead
AAcross 11:	Pot or tin basin broken
AAcross 12:	Kept going — or didn't
AAcross 15:	Minimum investment for patrons of the pools
AAcross 16:	I was told off for youthful indiscretions
AAcross 19:	Perhaps Hudson Bay may have come from one of these
AAcross 21:	Party drink is an unusual hit	RUMPUNCH
AAcross 22:	A disposition of arms
AAcross 24:	Fills cracks in the decks with stoppers, say
AAcross 25:	Improperly press one for an answer
AAcross 26:	US polar explorer — and aviator, by the way
AAcross 27:	Wheelwright's representative?
DDown 1:	Wine jar I put out when empty
DDown 2:	Bob is a hotel employee
DDown 3:	Inaccurate serve results in defeat
DDown 4:	One member takes part in strikes
DDown 5:	Time and place
DDown 6:	Offenders dismissed on orders
DDown 7:	Planning finally approved — delighted!
DDown 13:	Supplementary course?
DDown 14:	Doctor agonised over second opinions
DDown 17:	Spotted divine fruit inside
DDown 18:	Half the school get zero, unusually, for music
DDown 20:	All the same a soldier has to assume it
DDown 22:	A bridal path?
DDown 23:	Sailor took up crime, seen in the dock