The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 23rd September 2013

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 23rd September 2013. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Routine disguise for army scout
AAcross 8:	Wrest apart and scatter
AAcross 9:	Keep dark for a set period
AAcross 10:	Drink brought back by mother from holiday resort	PALMA
AAcross 12:	Search frantically for means of support
AAcross 13:	Business expense that has gone up?
AAcross 14:	Unscrupulous person retiring to rest, perhaps
AAcross 17:	Study exam question
AAcross 20:	Firm left to slip into bankruptcy?
AAcross 22:	This French rebel is a red
AAcross 24:	Legitimate student expelled with dire result
AAcross 25:	Clerk to confine drug pedlar
AAcross 26:	Finger the back of a book
AAcross 27:	Complain loudly about schooltime left — it may be grinding
DDown 1:	Unusual for us to gossip
DDown 2:	Sharp pains produced by needles
DDown 3:	It is included in a doctor's rounds
DDown 4:	Horace set about female — his main opponent?
DDown 5:	New act with hat and stick
DDown 6:	Of course, there's no choice with these	SETMEALS
DDown 11:	He goes down or rises as the star
DDown 15:	Robin to indicate complicity in trick
DDown 16:	See key goes to the agent
DDown 18:	Novel is remote and tedious
DDown 19:	Old soldier — there could be a few neater characters
DDown 21:	Hardy, no: evergreen, yes
DDown 22:	A good conductor works on the beat
DDown 23:	Times of enchantment