The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th September 2012

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

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 4:	Writer's dog
AAcross 6:	Writer is greeting spiritual leader, not entirely old	ISHIGURO
AAcross 9:	Writer, a figure in the red	ATWOOD
AAcross 10:	Flier, deserter, or a deserting flier?
AAcross 11:	Shot directly at a number of farm animals
AAcross 15:	Writer needs race to stop
AAcross 17:	Writer in a cryptic crossword setter	NAIPAUL
AAcross 18:	Attendants semi-dressed, including daughter in plaits
AAcross 22:	Dark gold, reversible hat
AAcross 23:	Writer's report of fast food	BERGER
AAcross 24:	Aversion evident ultimately in almost total catastrophe
AAcross 25:	Writer's report of farm buildings	BARNES
DDown 1:	School breaks near plant
DDown 2:	Swimming round ship, cat in sea requires help
DDown 3:	Old statesman is taking regular slices of bread into shop
DDown 4:	Bags from which beer initially runs
DDown 5:	Editors, furious about review, finally becoming most unruly
DDown 7:	No more than four, not for opt-out
DDown 8:	Writer took risks, to some extent	OKRI
DDown 12:	Improve material with one gutless novel
DDown 13:	Finally submitting account the wrong way, drinks from Paris and London follow	CAVINGIN
DDown 14:	Luton's foremost orchestra breaking into music etc, a hotchpotch
DDown 16:	Dog gets to perform with parent in capital city
DDown 19:	Writer's rodents, one less pale	MCEWAN
DDown 20:	All concluding sudoku is done and spent
DDown 21:	Writer improperly abridged