The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 4th February 2014

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 4th February 2014. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Only one Labour leader for us — Mr Miliband's ditched
AAcross 5:	Cast from violent western short of energy
AAcross 8:	Drop off small logs
AAcross 9:	Anticipating endless warbling, son retires for a breather
AAcross 11:	Clandestine subject to Basie about backing
AAcross 12:	Posh hotel in eastern half of French resort
AAcross 13:	Coarse flour is presumably not called for
AAcross 17:	Island is in her itinerary, not entirely cut off
AAcross 18:	Step up or down without a movement
AAcross 20:	Austen's ultimate representation of rare bygone Bath?	NORTHANGERABBEY
AAcross 23:	Sample last of lager in bar
AAcross 24:	OAP guarded by senior army man
AAcross 25:	Skirmish grips papers for 24 hours
AAcross 26:	See "hate" in another form
DDown 2:	Sister and boyfriend trapped in island swamps
DDown 3:	Sleeveless jacket and dull ’eadgear used up
DDown 4:	Possibly winning outsider ineligible for the Scots Greys?
DDown 5:	Boy in charge of sound …
DDown 6:	… rings those limiting EastEnders in series
DDown 7:	Least good material editor's disposed of
DDown 8:	A new church first raised in power in formal measure
DDown 10:	Biblical petition (Parry's older translation)
DDown 14:	Catholic film studios
DDown 15:	Found limited joy in running heats
DDown 16:	Job that's boring, boring and fixed at sea
DDown 19:	Eg the Guardian reported a bloomer
DDown 21:	Runner's livelier without one
DDown 22:	Mad mongrel decapitated in New York