The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 18th October 2012

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 18th October 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Reversing vehicle, man — doing this?
AAcross 5:	Chemical element + 1 across, 21 - 50
AAcross 9:	Run time for England batsman	TROTT
AAcross 10:	Former UN leader squeezing daughter behind priest, the worm
AAcross 11:	Roman poet about to make a mistake, study being disregarded
AAcross 12:	Queen's comment cut, first of expletives smothered
AAcross 14:	1 down x C = pillow talk?	BEDTIMESTORY
AAcross 18:	Carrier bigger than rocks found by middle of cove
AAcross 21:	Bung stops, no power circulating
AAcross 22:	Issue for arm stuck in shoe
AAcross 25:	Journalist capturing relative in colour drawing
AAcross 26:	Beat time, having raised orchestral baton, initially
AAcross 27:	Dry figure ÷ 5 across
AAcross 28:	Stocktaker's loss, for a start, in something corroding
DDown 1:	A total — or partial — ass?
DDown 2:	Dove embracing peace, primarily, for 19 23
DDown 3:	Bury intense emotion, upset in periods lacking leadership
DDown 4:	Piano for a couple of monkeys
DDown 5:	Lean's ultimate director in fat hat
DDown 6:	Opera singer
DDown 7:	Animal ending in both two corners?
DDown 8:	Fugitives wary as unprepared?
DDown 13:	As it is, reel off Jacob's descendants
DDown 15:	Savage going after wild animal, a bloomer
DDown 16:	Thing frequently aboard ship, vessel
DDown 17:	Gas (um, no) about to decline capital
DDown 19:	Tidier rings round wood by pub craftsman
DDown 20:	Possibly arm one with a club
DDown 23:	See 19
DDown 24:	Responsibility not yours, then?