The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd August 2012

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd August 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Where you might unship old copper compound, we hear
AAcross 9:	Like a secluded corner for it?
AAcross 10:	Anglers regularly disappearing for long periods
AAcross 11:	Ring Carrie or Christine?	HORRORFILM
AAcross 12:	Old cardinal who's not a sexist
AAcross 14:	Thus carrying pet back and forth to be clipped
AAcross 15:	Irish individual hoarding gold, a tradable commodity
AAcross 17:	Anaesthetist's comparatively sober
AAcross 20:	Kindle design accepted by Green movement
AAcross 22:	He loves to tell Spooner's fish joke
AAcross 23:	Wretched Liberal willing to embrace leader of Tories
AAcross 24:	Song in which black sheep gets shorn
AAcross 25:	Fluff found in belly of lesser rorqual
AAcross 26:	"Noun" in Roget represented as N
DDown 1:	Old minstrel beginning to junket on fresh gruel
DDown 2:	Basically you look quite humorous strumming these
DDown 3:	Initially set contract iPhone to divert
DDown 4:	Fly attracted to huge English bush
DDown 5:	Make changes — vote in an alternative!
DDown 6:	Devotees of old Chinese whisper mix-ups	CONFUCIANS
DDown 7:	Extremely ethical environmentalist cleaned out small hole
DDown 13:	Record describes capricious regent in Balkan state
DDown 16:	Dawn is ushered in by ruddy bird
DDown 18:	Former African dictator, extremely electable candidate
DDown 19:	Float and line cast over inlet? On the contrary
DDown 19:	Float and line cast over inlet? On the contrary
DDown 21:	Baffled bachelor becoming new groom
DDown 22:	Somewhat slowly undergoing contraction by third quarter
DDown 24:	Behead clergyman shortly
DDown 24:	Behead clergyman shortly