The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th September 2013

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th September 2013. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Illicitly take a companion on river
AAcross 4:	Cool suit — evidence of celebrity status?	FANCLUBS
AAcross 8:	Dilapidated dockland garage with intriguing air
AAcross 10:	Old councillors' last word about backing Socialist line
AAcross 11:	Eight gallons almost drained, little left
AAcross 12:	Self-centred stoic, eg perversely holds it back
AAcross 15:	Sediment deposited around West Sussex town	LEWES
AAcross 17:	Polar explorer's troubled, so going back outside
AAcross 18:	Ancient chief shut up, having become tedious
AAcross 19:	Brood in centre of tree, conifer
AAcross 21:	Leading publicity about one paramedic's task
AAcross 24:	Wren at sea, say, one designing ships	NAVALARCHITECT
AAcross 25:	In final stage Nutmeg (female) caught up
AAcross 26:	Makes simpler terms for tenants, using no Latin
DDown 1:	Cook's speciality involved great soup and endless cake	PACKAGETOURS
DDown 2:	Short vessel carrying merchandise (brick)	AGOODSORT
DDown 3:	Walker greeting bishop leaving the pavement edge
DDown 4:	One type of police search means the end for Pinkie, perhaps
DDown 5:	Bare elbow lacking a touch of glamour
DDown 6:	Cricket side, one attracting trickster	LEGPULLER
DDown 7:	Wood — famous conductor taking morning off
DDown 9:	100 unlucky in love? It's too late to enquire after them	CLOSINGDATES
DDown 13:	Hint Tunisian criminal gave at last
DDown 14:	Cable serving under Tory and finally brought round
DDown 16:	Those responsible for changing locks in the theatre?
DDown 20:	Man on board eating right kind of seafood
DDown 22:	French boy's looking up meaning of "gunk"
DDown 23:	Cocky Republican ignored party