The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 27th December 2012

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 27th December 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Pray the treatment may do you good
AAcross 5:	2-star rating — and you can't get lower than that
AAcross 9:	Vehicle has nothing to be heard
AAcross 10:	Sound source, or soundly peruse periodical
AAcross 11:	Incontinent — angel contrived to achieve painlessness
AAcross 12:	Pedagogues' league sample heartless crackers
AAcross 13:	Free to give quarter after battle
AAcross 15:	In receipt of money sixties' youth cause trouble
AAcross 18:	Legal successor heard to gain from flying hazard
AAcross 19:	House tenancy rejected — or alternative …
AAcross 21:	… Russian place for censorship to contain smart student?
AAcross 23:	Around Holland a number need character to make aware
AAcross 25:	His plight could be a warning
AAcross 26:	Naturalist puts end to middle, perhaps
AAcross 27:	Over a month a prophet turns and goes back
AAcross 28:	Long ago, unknown date or 26
DDown 1:	To follow without books can be hard work
DDown 2:	Try to be a detective inspector
DDown 3:	In the middle of some dream on Gove's plans
DDown 4:	Measure of the Met's credit?
DDown 5:	A near disaster in the Colosseum?
DDown 6:	Dryad gets Allen round number at speed
DDown 7:	Correct ceremonial voice
DDown 8:	Old photographic process can do the work of a secretary
DDown 14:	Do a gentle flip, when stretched
DDown 16:	Shake-up for least pacy condition?
DDown 17:	Having exhausted one's welcome, get injected but remain inside
DDown 18:	Being cornered made a lag run amok
DDown 20:	One space in penitential season is not too harsh
DDown 22:	Fabled king in charge — it stands to reason
DDown 23:	Those last shall be first — that's moral significance
DDown 24:	Morning publication raised character