The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 6th December 2012

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 6th December 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Director blows up record
AAcross 9:	Get up about noon for a quick dip
AAcross 10:	Schools' governor? Not half!	GOVE
AAcross 11:	Plant that makes roads collapse
AAcross 12:	Foreigners express gratitude with a chunk of Olde England	MERCIA
AAcross 14:	"Roger", as in building material
AAcross 16:	Billingsgate titfer held plate for fish
AAcross 18:	Some science in firm grip of an extremist
AAcross 21:	Commercial sea song?
AAcross 23:	English wearing a winning medal is nothing new
AAcross 24:	College enough for a little theology	AMPLEFORTH
AAcross 26:	Vehicle turns over, but not altogether
AAcross 27:	Ulster order was turned to stone
AAcross 28:	One man able to produce a legume
DDown 1:	Tree-dwelling, headless snake climbs — true!
DDown 2:	Paid less — lacking pass, not working
DDown 3:	Listlessness can make one reject help
DDown 4:	Setter is in a blessed state, despite expression
DDown 5:	Flower not entirely like the Taoiseach
DDown 6:	Hector's wife had Cameron shattered	ANDROMACHE
DDown 7:	Item in service reported to decrease
DDown 13:	One with the opportunity to turn round?
DDown 15:	Source of water in outer space?
DDown 17:	The "old days" are over
DDown 19:	Put by for Jack abroad
DDown 20:	Reptiles, not soft but awkwardly unproductive
DDown 22:	Little time before surrounding an animal
DDown 23:	In a book about the beginning of history
DDown 25:	Hired a straight man
DDown 26:	Check acceptable but proscribed