The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 2nd August 2012

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd August 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Sick note written by doctor in Bury
AAcross 4:	Sting initially had awfully dark times
AAcross 9:	Part of church services pastor echoed inwardly
AAcross 10:	Bullied ex-PM about pound taking lead from euro
AAcross 11:	Request halves of beer and he'll stay
AAcross 12:	God holds detailed account of what's owed for weakness
AAcross 13:	Ships moor around similarly shaped items …
AAcross 15:	… amongst the number of nights told of in a diary, originally
AAcross 16:	Animal in 23 (a reptile)
AAcross 17:	Hindu deity back in loft reverting to ancestral traits
AAcross 21:	City where Java's ore is processed
AAcross 22:	One wearing no undies, divulging super tanning tips?
AAcross 24:	No time to search trailer before one and all returned for Mexican food
AAcross 25:	Reverse current flowing through damaged dynamo
AAcross 26:	They leave the stage with old tune playing
AAcross 27:	When it's warm, start to sunbathe with topless mime artist
DDown 1:	Leading lady's letter to the papers
DDown 2:	See 8
DDown 3:	27 time in Rome excited US gang member
DDown 5:	Drink with two setters entertaining another in B & B
DDown 6:	The foreign representative is in a shed changing car parts
DDown 7:	Fragrant sachet not regularly used by little 25?
DDown 8:	As I said in 15 27 4 23: "Funny farm? The whole lot are dolts, boss!"	LORDWHATFOOLS
DDown 14:	See 8	MORTALSBE
DDown 16:	Key used after reworking of a half-hearted 27 dance
DDown 18:	Vehicle usually starting at university in island republic
DDown 19:	Fashionable drink, as reported by one in the know
DDown 20:	Dull as last character leaving cul-de-sac?
DDown 23:	Large amount put on wrong 16 across? Singular 4 16 across, maybe