The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd May 2013

There are 14 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd May 2013. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Killer keeps awfully hot — do I not? — aiming for straight sets
AAcross 9:	Morris — is she from Paris?	ESTELLE
AAcross 10:	Line — end of Central, start of Metropolitan — ascribed to the law	LONGARM
AAcross 11:	Exaggerate what's no distance in Russia at a point
AAcross 12:	Queen and prince coming after death
AAcross 13:	Old currency gamble?
AAcross 14:	Report of weakly cure embracing odd bod and lunatic
AAcross 16:	People like Lolita — it's a difficult thing to do	SEXKITTENS
AAcross 19:	King of footballers?	OFFA
AAcross 20:	A word of comfort from another place
AAcross 21:	In a way, left a lot of flowers for children's author	ROALDDAHL
AAcross 23:	Parthian shot in sketch?
AAcross 24:	Premier destroyer of romance	CAMERON
AAcross 25:	Holds forth about the purpose of posterity
DDown 1:	See 2	OFTHEUNEXPECTED
DDown 2:	21's clue to self-hate?
DDown 3:	Too old for reporting of event? Not a hundred!
DDown 4:	Does lie perverted lead to rape?
DDown 5:	Fits of temper at time worker drinks?
DDown 6:	Diplomat accused of intrigues?
DDown 7:	Collapse of French work of art
DDown 8:	Water feature? I'm not sure — dubious parallel between books
DDown 15:	Emperor's clothes raised over half disease
DDown 17:	Re-enter formation of earth
DDown 18:	Subtle twist in Duncan Edwards' initiation
DDown 22:	Devil opening the show