The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th October 2012

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th October 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	See 1 down
AAcross 5:	"Pontiac hit by 1 across", say
AAcross 9:	Second generation immigrant from Japan is 18
AAcross 10:	Groundhog Day in court, Charlie boy?
AAcross 11:	Regularly not fit to eat soup for starters in American mess
AAcross 12:	Time? It often flies
AAcross 14:	As a result of this, finds "Aha!" cry reverberating around Goole perhaps
AAcross 18:	Complaint from fairy to fool involves Shakespeare's leading characters
AAcross 21:	Every single part of a river bar its source
AAcross 22:	Slanderous article after female made out with politician
AAcross 25:	Spooner's eponymous heroine retails these?
AAcross 26:	Port for city of Newcastle? It hardly has what's needed	LEITH
AAcross 27:	Drunk that's chosen to be legless? On the contrary
AAcross 28:	Sprinkles Lord's pitch, preventing openers getting stuck in
DDown 1:	Are you texting in tweets, having got confused? It's hard to say
DDown 2:	One unit's out of place? Yes and no
DDown 3:	Sort of policy that's beneath Nick Clegg?
DDown 4:	Shade round bottom of willow tree
DDown 5:	Annoyed about one social worker's role, say
DDown 6:	Kiss head off spot
DDown 7:	As one child under 11 hugs sister	INUNISON
DDown 8:	Yankee editor briefly edited the Observer, unassisted
DDown 13:	Fish eaten (except Wednesday) with a bit of 27 tripe
DDown 15:	"Clotted cream's first to have gone off, Mr.Jones"
DDown 16:	Cat circumnavigating ocean capsizes as one gains momentum	SPEEDSUP
DDown 17:	Chair and cot knocked over with feet being the long and the short of it
DDown 19:	Use force to control opening offer in topless joint
DDown 20:	Fever Pitch essentially has a variety of pushy characters
DDown 23:	Greek river with body of water rising
DDown 24:	Small bottle without a name	PHIL