The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th December 2012

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th December 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Place and time can be very destructive
AAcross 4:	Bathe between Old English and American dramatised by …
AAcross 9:	… exponent of 11 28, cooking chop and fish outside
AAcross 10:	Solver starts to think of Salad Days
AAcross 11:	Stink in government terminally spread like wildfire, with your first result of Euro-crisis …
AAcross 12:	… some of which I spied, disguised as exponent of 11 28
AAcross 13:	Insult that should not take one aback?
AAcross 15:	Urge former partner to start gardening
AAcross 17:	Kidnap leader of society, of course
AAcross 19:	Buyer to pursue tenacious creature
AAcross 22:	First among men making work of 27
AAcross 24:	North wind on north Scots town	NAIRN
AAcross 26:	Persian associate with a work of 12
AAcross 27:	Cushy sale arranged by exponent of 11 28
AAcross 28:	See 11
AAcross 29:	Nothing can replace extended play for making 4 across horrid
DDown 1:	Pasta as possible anag of Los Angeles?
DDown 2:	Plantation of police, say
DDown 3:	Keep wine near Manchester	STOCKPORT
DDown 4:	Terribly verbose remark
DDown 5:	Have no more to say? Use the tea towel
DDown 6:	Grabbed stuff from page with Labour led by himself
DDown 7:	Split church and miss opportunity outside
DDown 8:	First in the field (estimated)
DDown 14:	Sibelius's forte, rendering of the year in Asian country	FINLANDIA
DDown 16:	Chronicler taking time off in outbuilding	HOLINSHED
DDown 18:	Country first in needing food
DDown 19:	Send away for backing in invading party
DDown 20:	Beginning and seeing off second
DDown 21:	Burrower to supply weapon in test
DDown 23:	Remove covering as before
DDown 25:	See where I go round house in cold climate