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The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd August 2013

There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd August 2013. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Maddened by exploding grenade
AAcross 5: Opportunist finds heroin in house
AAcross 9: Curtains some made at home
AAcross 10: Restaurant for staff officers by a lake
AAcross 11: Haulier returned and settled back with sweetheart (could be withdrawn)
AAcross 12: Old Bob illuminated the opening
AAcross 14: Cheat suddenly to reform
AAcross 14: Cheat suddenly to reform
AAcross 18: Detachment resident? It's off!
AAcross 21: Fellow leaves one instrument for another
AAcross 22: Famous craft worker in the old countrySANTAMARIA
AAcross 25: Worker met Sandra dancing
AAcross 26: Creature of the English countryside
AAcross 27: Ring for stout when touring eastern Sweden
AAcross 28: Strange dialect in fort­ress
DDown 1: Snakes and their associates decapitated
DDown 2: Girl has craft and works hard
DDown 3: Egghead pays attention in group when running through
DDown 4: Charge journalist raised contribution
DDown 5: Woman caught strumpet with note
DDown 6: Drop in standards scratching head in church
DDown 7: Girl in a state
DDown 8: Tenor collated information for physicist
DDown 13: Male stand-in in audition for playTHETEMPEST
DDown 15: Welcoming lovebird's wild dreamOPENARMED
DDown 16: Grown-up is without artifice, initially, or is a sycophant
DDown 17: One wanders round hospital for waste containers
DDown 19: Make a mistake with commission
DDown 20: Help the Spanish composer
DDown 23: Official wear for Unionists touring Ulster
DDown 24: Lover said to be a violin player
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