The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th May 2012

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th May 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Sleazy guy's article in Paris Match on how to open a French letter
AAcross 4:	He preserves 1/6th of an inch marble bust
AAcross 9:	Hot drink and porridge for him!
AAcross 10:	Force to apprehend associates returning directly
AAcross 11:	Prepared for roistering around area where buffets are common	ROARINGFORTIES
AAcross 13:	Abandoned UK province rejected Luther's Reformed Church
AAcross 14:	Foreign ruler with recipe for jelly
AAcross 16:	Desire endless hot soak
AAcross 18:	Disgruntled peasant gets stuck in to more agreeable beverage
AAcross 21:	Conservative attitude is fixed aim in old artist
AAcross 23:	High-flying female gulls heard by a Roman road
AAcross 24:	Silver, say, is good value
AAcross 25:	Online swine strikes with pointed remarks
AAcross 26:	Going out with Frenchman from the right society
DDown 1:	Ex-PM losing head in retreat
DDown 2:	Millions invested in business stake — it may promote growth
DDown 3:	Old newspaperman, having admitted wrong, made a racket?
DDown 5:	Wrongdoing from the anti-feminist league?
DDown 6:	Regularly wearied by a politician's current measure
DDown 7:	Objectively, I gain ground introducing new import
DDown 8:	Recorder playing air gets in right runs
DDown 12:	Personality disorder raging in Tom Cruise
DDown 13:	Mail late as express isn't complete — that's awkward
DDown 15:	House is grand; nothing dirty's shown up
DDown 17:	Tongue was strained greeting a couple from Lithuania
DDown 19:	He has left the property
DDown 20:	German combatant in the Battle of the Bulge?
DDown 22:	Footballing whiz dropping back in muddle