The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd August 2013

There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd August 2013. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Cuts China off in seconds
AAcross 9:	A killer said to carry a jacket full of useless facts and figures?
AAcross 10:	Bit of a bloomer from Top Cat
AAcross 12:	Drink? Right, that is a drink
AAcross 13:	Beastly pair some would say solvers were familiar with? (3;3)
AAcross 14:	Manages boards	GETSON
AAcross 16:	Female cut by whip at boarding school	ETONCROP
AAcross 17:	Day in which banker gets backed in the City
AAcross 20:	Bent over page in dictionary with two consecutive letters at beginning
AAcross 23:	Model in US cut record, first of several items on display	TAXDISCS
AAcross 24:	Want a Dylan album?
AAcross 26:	Garden? Try one of the other two when disheartened
AAcross 27:	One seeking favour from escort, around start of tour
AAcross 28:	Flowery stuff? Just a little in the Czech Republic
AAcross 31:	Musician capturing essential character of first violin part?
AAcross 32:	US shopkeeper rushed male into hospital
DDown 1:	Can a tart love short-tempered actor?
DDown 2:	Form of transport initially discovered in Pharaoh's time
DDown 3:	18th-century politician in conflict over northern battle
DDown 4:	Very inexperienced new SAS soldier initially rages with anger	ASGREEN
DDown 5:	Chinaman treating a crofter — do boots briefly get taken off?
DDown 6:	Gather it's more flipping valuable, perhaps
DDown 7:	Endlessly horny maneater cast as gross-out? On the contrary	EARNMORE
DDown 11:	Redbreast by Scott, say?
DDown 14:	See 13
DDown 15:	See 2	SPEEDTRAIN
DDown 18:	See 1	TRAVOLTA
DDown 19:	See 3
DDown 21:	See 26
DDown 22:	See 4	ASGRASS
DDown 24:	See 5
DDown 25:	See 11	IAN
DDown 29:	See 6
DDown 30:	See 7