The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 12th July 2012

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 12th July 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Picture of Foreign Secretary
AAcross 5:	Little creature, quiet and soft round the edge
AAcross 9:	Civil riot can be expressive of ill will
AAcross 11:	To find Conservative leader in benefit would be sweet
AAcross 12:	Occasions with top people having alternative opinions?	TIMESLEADERS
AAcross 15:	Thought some should be paid each month
AAcross 16:	Like some shales help to keep the wheels turning
AAcross 18:	Restraint heard before arrest, largely giving way to plastic
AAcross 19:	College member without a study
AAcross 21:	Agent's friend collapsed, lacking support
AAcross 24:	Where soldiers are about to dig madly between furrows
AAcross 25:	Count died, unfortunately, to be taken off
AAcross 26:	A quarter is enough to try
AAcross 27:	Faculty of approval in boat race crew?
DDown 1:	It's a comedown, though some evidence points the other way
DDown 2:	Glut finds composer one short
DDown 3:	Fruit of glorifying without Tips?
DDown 4:	Slug in meals put up on the wall?
DDown 6:	Pelt off to a place of refuge
DDown 7:	Punished after sick notes found too vague?
DDown 8:	Newspaper man in current depression
DDown 10:	Boldly do 11 off without emotion
DDown 13:	Implements used by orchestras for tuning?
DDown 14:	Vote could be free but odd about finish
DDown 17:	Knockout over the abyss, wherein is brevity
DDown 20:	Grotesque stance makes law
DDown 22:	Confess what's bad? Good!
DDown 23:	King added head to the King's Head