The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 27th December 2011

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 27th December 2011. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Artist, modern (by ancient measure) about a second
AAcross 4:	Well-pitched motion to claim Yankee heart
AAcross 9:	Beyond stormy ocean, to win a second time
AAcross 10:	See 5
AAcross 11:	Endless ridicule at leading store chains
AAcross 12:	Of dramatic change in play: episode not right
AAcross 13:	Good cooking: fry oil and lard with honour
AAcross 15:	Boatman's second in command put in charge, their leaders half-blind
AAcross 17:	Finger in food, Indian perhaps
AAcross 19:	Boatman's senior officer meets destiny
AAcross 22:	Was Rat to Toad, hence not right?	CHEATEDON
AAcross 24:	Second in command to attack with courage
AAcross 26:	Second from last to harvest grain
AAcross 27:	Changed sides and lied — anger erupted
AAcross 28:	Second from last in plane perhaps to race here	AINTREE
AAcross 29:	Record in Nelson's signal his last word to second in command
DDown 1:	Second from last in race failing at the finish
DDown 2:	Lad gets money and love
DDown 3:	Make-up's second comedy device
DDown 4:	Bottom note: aah?
DDown 5:	Not fresh small beer: what goes into it before being drunk
DDown 6:	Power-sharing puts the French in logical fix
DDown 7:	Snake's partner — large snake
DDown 8:	Just cradling the head of Lord Nelson's captain
DDown 14:	Cromwell's "man of iron", a vile distortion	OLIVERIAN
DDown 16:	Letters of credit lost, counterfoil torn? Not good conduct	OUTOFLINE
DDown 18:	Second red nose comedy
DDown 19:	More than a person? Second in command (aye aye, captain!)	MANDAY
DDown 20:	Sea duty shift on second working day
DDown 21:	A summer drink in scenic Eteauville
DDown 23:	Controversially his (or her) IT crashed
DDown 25:	Allow only formal "thou" in French or Swahili, for example