The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 5th March 2012

There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 5th March 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 5:	US general embraced by one German girl	EILEEN
AAcross 6:	They may have fallen on people's feet
AAcross 9:	Secure a basic commodity
AAcross 10:	Frightening the French into preparing for war
AAcross 11:	Space evolved a long time back
AAcross 12:	Agrees to a wage cut and drowns one's sorrows	TAKESADROP
AAcross 13:	Is unable to face the situation with free-range poultry?	CHICKENSOUT
AAcross 18:	An acrostic composed for a Latin American
AAcross 21:	Horse's blaze of celebrity
AAcross 22:	Leg side shot results in being out	ONSTRIKE
AAcross 23:	V-sign shows one is not in agreement!
AAcross 24:	Column I shall condense into a short paragraph
AAcross 25:	On which to get wind of something?
DDown 1:	Messy hit-and-run?
DDown 2:	Deprived, due to faulty beer measure!
DDown 3:	One US state has a right to top another
DDown 4:	Disgraced bogus journalist
DDown 5:	Once wrong, made exact
DDown 7:	Elder in sore distress
DDown 8:	Not a member of the first form at Westminster
DDown 14:	Prime minister?
DDown 15:	Slackens off when the sun is out at quarter past eight, say
DDown 16:	Go into service?	JOINUP
DDown 17:	Make rapid progress in a profession
DDown 19:	Sums lost at rummy
DDown 20:	Books with opposing points about love, in a way