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    The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th August 2013

    There are 17 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th August 2013. View the answers below..
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    Number# Clue Answer
    AAcross 1: One dying to imprison unknown twins, if not for life — criminal
    AAcross 6: Wolves team prepare for trip abroad?
    AAcross 8: Optical illusion ultimately illusory, not sensual
    AAcross 9: Composer before Liszt sounding note for Sainsbury's?
    AAcross 10: Look to hold in belly, being short and thick
    AAcross 11: See 26OFCHARGE
    AAcross 12: An old team with a gas shortage
    AAcross 15: Spreading disease of huge proportions, half caught
    AAcross 16: Europeans from Asia, if back to front?IBERIANS
    AAcross 19: Music award lame — about right?GRAMMY
    AAcross 21: Some letters in journalism as the adopted title
    AAcross 22: Figure out filling to stop decay
    AAcross 24: Cuckoo swimming through Paris, say?
    AAcross 25: Succession witnessed cutting hedge technology
    AAcross 25: Succession witnessed cutting hedge technology
    AAcross 26: Complimentary, as a run-down battery, say?
    AAcross 27: Behind time, setter caught in rainstorm finds something waterproof
    DDown 1: Uplifting story including chapter for brilliant show
    DDown 2: President going topless to screen movie kiss for old video recording?BETAMAX
    DDown 3: Lively metal, not quite grey at the edges
    DDown 4: Be like Lear's Pobble, say, sweet thing
    DDown 5: Process of renewal with regards to Lance Armstrong's career
    DDown 6: Filthy window around top of house, nothing getting wiped
    DDown 7: Cold fish on record in sticky wrapper
    DDown 7: Cold fish on record in sticky wrapper
    DDown 13: Head above dark cloud, perhaps, that requires little thought
    DDown 14: Shame meat and beans boiled
    DDown 17: Once more, find European president doing a U-turn
    DDown 18: Vicious people up for a cocktail
    DDown 20: Team that's sexy not reaching the top, embodying gutless side
    DDown 22: Short, a work for television, perhaps
    DDown 23: Feature of Cheltenham, perhaps, in the country
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