The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd January 2013

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd January 2013. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	See 7
AAcross 5:	Paparazzo's supporter on back page in a temper
AAcross 9:	Unanswerable question about religious leader in holy book
AAcross 10:	Subordinate serving dinner with glue, almost coming unstuck
AAcross 11:	Insect finds sugar plant in girl's skirts buried in the sand
AAcross 12:	Crust sliced carefully, accompanying butter for starters
AAcross 14:	Then just escape and one is in the sea
AAcross 18:	Newlywed found something sticky behind shower?
AAcross 21:	Hum, while doing the backstroke in Lake Erie?
AAcross 22:	Broad characters in Spartacus, fine picture to broadcast
AAcross 25:	Tops down, then, bringing cheers	BOTTOMSUP
AAcross 26:	Foreign letter in the midst of detail
AAcross 27:	Author right in tune with literature, primarily
AAcross 28:	Waste rejected by car inspector
DDown 1:	King in the end turned over, work for emperor
DDown 2:	Nothing between the ears, given a crown
DDown 3:	You look Labour's Tony up, bound by an old queen
DDown 4:	Insect ineffective after head transplant
DDown 5:	See 23
DDown 6:	The usual: warm lager, no question — 25!
DDown 7:	Royal gaining publicity with menfolk: each is mixed up in relatively unpleasant crime
DDown 8:	Essence of a setter, perhaps, to be menial
DDown 13:	Cursed devil, prowler in the grass
DDown 15:	Plant turns into stick
DDown 16:	Sweet singer with posh name of writer
DDown 17:	Animal near to doctor, squeezing nipple
DDown 19:	See 7	OFKENT
DDown 20:	Even bits of pencil show something long and thin
DDown 23:	Character expecting father to overcome average fashion socialite	PIPPA
DDown 24:	Game of the Royal Mint?