The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 3rd April 2012

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 3rd April 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Novelist enthralled by Eyeless in Gaza
AAcross 5:	Factor composed of various viroids
AAcross 9:	Harmful mite endlessly biting bovine
AAcross 10:	"Get lost, man!" (not originally something Jesus said)
AAcross 11:	Wholesale or singly stocking pipe
AAcross 12:	Response in church, standing before sinister graven image
AAcross 14:	Certain banks conceal atrocious blundering in show of brilliance
AAcross 18:	Urge to steal and smash up Kia? Not me, pal!
AAcross 21:	Force Russian poet to leave family
AAcross 22:	Praise fool's misguided attempt to make pie crust?	PUFFPASTRY
AAcross 25:	She possesses tract with expression of pain hidden between old lines
AAcross 26:	Girl, learning with boys about love, murmured softly
AAcross 27:	He wastes time being terrible flirt and heartless roué in retirement
AAcross 28:	Expert airmen, primarily "right stuff" for sound barrier
DDown 1:	Most recent recapitalisation of bank essentially ignored
DDown 2:	Team described by Sibyl as "more tempting"
DDown 3:	Old man in Cuzco, perhaps, exhibiting lack of power
DDown 4:	Publicity-shy actress runs away to North African country
DDown 5:	Hooligan finally left Disneyland in a mess, causing wrath?
DDown 6:	Two individuals support girl, 8
DDown 7:	Some policemen to go private
DDown 8:	Defrocked clergyman has large cocktail of gin and white wine
DDown 13:	Crazy commander's way of travelling round large island
DDown 15:	Leaders of ruthless Ukrainian mafia shoot alcohol smuggler
DDown 16:	Clergyman's reinterpretation of spiky Old Testament character
DDown 17:	Capital investment in brothels in Kiev
DDown 19:	Saint Rock making journey on foot
DDown 20:	Unpredictable podgy Eastern pariah
DDown 23:	Bush in which foxes, perhaps, can be heard
DDown 24:	Judge's hooter and saggy jawline