The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th December 2011

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

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Bugs for which Stalin's henchman introduced law
AAcross 9:	Bird finds oil spread in seaweed
AAcross 10:	Point to one politician as being ineffectual
AAcross 11:	Australia has a single chicken and it's fast disappearing
AAcross 12:	Stage equipment that's not so clever?
AAcross 14:	There's a warning in what's left to replace trees
AAcross 15:	Account in fault that turns out to be correct
AAcross 17:	Fair in which is a tightrope walker	BLONDIN
AAcross 20:	High storey heard as not necessarily 15
AAcross 22:	Embryonic challenger to chess champion
AAcross 23:	False clues crop up to sideline belief
AAcross 24:	It's found in couples each at endless enmity
AAcross 25:	Big times for some in Oklahoma	OSAGES
AAcross 26:	Station that's passed on the way to its destination
DDown 1:	Degree to which quartz is used in classical building
DDown 2:	One has to mind it with dogs and cats about
DDown 3:	How a Londoner is said to work with this?
DDown 4:	Virgin and child in stone
DDown 5:	Strong pure wolf stock
DDown 6:	Poor dear gran is upset
DDown 7:	Tradesmen get to grips with them
DDown 13:	Science said to convey antipathy to Old Bill?
DDown 16:	Articles on a 2 twisted foot
DDown 18:	Where soldiers appear to display idleness?
DDown 19:	Criticism about wives, perhaps
DDown 21:	Reluctant to read a little poetry?
DDown 22:	Special day, if eats are served up
DDown 24:	One denied having been told about cattle?