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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th September 2012

There are 15 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th September 2012. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 9: Be rough in breaking one who's close to you
AAcross 10: Awfully coy at heart, "Jane without a name" gets a name
AAcross 11: Turn with snake in the grass
AAcross 12: Confined section of the theatre gripped by Bottom
AAcross 13: Grant the ex-president less latitude stifling last vestige of democracy in America?
AAcross 14: See 24OFPOWER
AAcross 17: A second city gets senior to cut beastly sound
AAcross 19: Book setter having day off
AAcross 20: Steadfast as a king changing sides at the start
AAcross 21: A tiny amount for meringue maker?
AAcross 22: Tough, having to accept gag cracking when run down
AAcross 24: Whitehall's "CID-proof" — or worse — corrupt source of rumours
AAcross 26: Contemptible sort of king interrupting Louis XIV, briefly
AAcross 28: A chief of police, breaking restriction, performed a caper
AAcross 29: Some think the Elgin Marbles were long involved with title
DDown 1: TV interference once broadcast goes over western tip of Norway
DDown 2: Woe is me going round on reduced public transport
DDown 3: With hot drinks, listen out for the largest fish
DDown 4: Underwear? We may well have seconds
DDown 5: Cure soft-spun sugar
DDown 6: Open a ruler up
DDown 7: Revolution Road's dedicated track
DDown 8: Nose blocked, eyes streaming? In that case, wear a hat!
DDown 13: Pushy string player's action, having finished with acknowledgement of applause?
DDown 13: Pushy string player's action, having finished with acknowledgement of applause?
DDown 15: Supposedly released by burning local firewood, oxygen entering isn't freed
DDown 16: US state accepted by Red Cross
DDown 18: Entry to motorway displays "northbound alternative lager" publicity
DDown 19: Moving jet-like over a road that's dry
DDown 22: Trouble when Hardy grabs "smalls"
DDown 23: Sharpness of mind very lacking in emptiness
DDown 24: See 8
DDown 25: Trace a lover of Zeus, thanks
DDown 27: Stock sum of money that may well be checked
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