The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd December 2011

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd December 2011. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	English tea break keeps US workers involved
AAcross 10:	Character has a laugh over old disc
AAcross 11:	False deceit with a cold drink
AAcross 12:	Runner with some excellence, or one just as good
AAcross 13:	Regretted sounding impolite
AAcross 14:	Ref's talent produces laudatory missives	FANLETTERS
AAcross 16:	Bliss of a vehicle in rainstorm?
AAcross 17:	Heartless train robber gets fresh celebrity?
AAcross 19:	Hurry to the beach for housing cover?
AAcross 22:	Moralist, clearing the fog, has spoken
AAcross 24:	Thoroughfare heading out of theatre district
AAcross 25:	Element of Open University mirth?
AAcross 26:	Relation of resort in France over Spain
AAcross 27:	Immunity for member getting into swirling river first
DDown 1:	Paperback moved with additional books, which is not entirely clear
DDown 2:	List in vehicle carelessly laden
DDown 3:	House has much to see
DDown 4:	Ruler's mother has nearly knocked back a drink
DDown 5:	Starting with a lead, one could go on to draw
DDown 6:	A torn sheet without ancestry
DDown 7:	Smart purse, unfortunately without a cent
DDown 8:	Preference of traders in Avebury, say?	EARLYSETTLEMENT
DDown 15:	Bird holds everyone to be in debt at the end of October
DDown 15:	Bird holds everyone to be in debt at the end of October
DDown 17:	So Bette Davis started to make her admirers thus?
DDown 18:	Endless passion raised in choir rendering is frightful
DDown 20:	They hold up pairs
DDown 21:	Resting place improbably used by dead characters?
DDown 21:	Resting place improbably used by dead characters?
DDown 23:	Bashful turn-up for a quadruped