The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th December 2013

There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th December 2013. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Everyone in drag is fat
AAcross 4:	Crash after stock's first issued
AAcross 9:	Magazine articles from William Morris
AAcross 10:	A crude mop's deployed — that stops water rising
AAcross 10:	A crude mop's deployed — that stops water rising
AAcross 11:	Brief encounter, at first, with one in Shropshire location
AAcross 12:	Unreal Christmas visitors ate outside, refusing starter
AAcross 13:	Convert writing? Only text without margins
AAcross 15:	Skittles as stocking-fillers?
AAcross 16:	School expelling good girl
AAcross 17:	Hayek, say, giving English company clear conditions
AAcross 21:	Backing last couple of singers in show
AAcross 22:	Row made by curious cat with no tail
AAcross 24:	Unison in a collapse
AAcross 25:	1 down with Jack, in a bad way
AAcross 26:	Going west, panache provided conclusion
AAcross 27:	Scorched watercolour?
DDown 1:	Cotton on back of weather glass
DDown 2:	Free love recurring in college
DDown 3:	One taken in by Orlando anagram? Not last but possibly first
DDown 5:	Jeremy's 100 for 10 in video game	PACMAN
DDown 6:	Metal I dropped over the Atlantic
DDown 7:	Leader of Girl Guides in Wells
DDown 8:	Waters I can omit?
DDown 14:	Junior minister abused working party
DDown 16:	Dance away, say, without apparent effort
DDown 18:	Seminarian and judge provide commentary?
DDown 19:	Unpleasant short story accepted by team
DDown 20:	Not quite missing line of stars
DDown 23:	Most important character in Fawlty Towers