The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th October 2012

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th October 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Gun from the right American star
AAcross 5:	Initially postmaster general goes back and forth for fish
AAcross 9:	Gag expert
AAcross 10:	Ideal song slipping by
AAcross 11:	Room temperature in Burgundy …	CHAMBERTIN
AAcross 12:	… wine required for tasting	ASTI
AAcross 14:	Large fake with small checks
AAcross 18:	Girl boycotts stamps …	PENNYBLACKS
AAcross 21:	… on 16 letters
AAcross 22:	Providing enough for everybody to be buried	GOINGROUND
AAcross 25:	False alarm? Let's be suspicious	SMELLARAT
AAcross 26:	African expression of disapproval is retracted
AAcross 27:	Thaw providing running water outside holiday home?
AAcross 28:	Composer accepting very English port
DDown 1:	Florid Milne character has caged bird lacking tail
DDown 2:	Split Indian state, oddly weary
DDown 3:	Very hard match can start in Oval	LIKEBILLYO
DDown 4:	Ace in commotion for part of flight
DDown 5:	Windy cities got wrapped up in themselves?
DDown 6:	Pins with 11
DDown 7:	Skipping over the Alamo, say
DDown 8:	Least current not unknown when recollecting Tyne and Tees
DDown 13:	Without interruption? Only in exceptional circumstances	ATASTRETCH
DDown 15:	Victorian singer not finished with vessel in old European capital
DDown 16:	Resurrected community centre cracked up
DDown 17:	Sailors from Cowes may be audacious
DDown 19:	Swedish king's air force supplied with Avro Vulcans, originally	GUSTAV
DDown 20:	Extremely awkward, failing to get tips
DDown 23:	Wood that is abandoned somewhere in Africa
DDown 24:	Not finishing side dish