The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th October 2014

There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th October 2014. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Intrusive ads showing dad dancing, maybe, with son	POPUPS
AAcross 4:	Hit parade captures heart of the one rejected by her stepson	PHAEDRA
AAcross 9:	Jazz star torn apart — she killed herself
AAcross 10:	Try to hold distinctive movement device
AAcross 11:	Lecher acted like an MP with time reduced?
AAcross 12:	Finch's wild statement
AAcross 13:	Was too prone to apply veneer?
AAcross 15:	Bike twisted round barrel, as might be found in well
AAcross 17:	PC sort of old washer
AAcross 19:	Oscar's sort of thing: backing horse, herding swine
AAcross 22:	Deodorised free-range hens feed across river
AAcross 24:	Sloth possibly inhaling argon gas
AAcross 26:	It appears here, chapter heading with bullets reversed
AAcross 27:	Truck, comparatively blue, carries weight	LOWLOADER
AAcross 28:	Lincoln's habit of putting everything into the other thing?	TALLHAT
AAcross 29:	Want symbolic home to have entrance changed
DDown 1:	Preserved in aspic, as some modern master
DDown 2:	Gather it's petition time
DDown 3:	Pages split by plastic replica documents holder
DDown 3:	Pages split by plastic replica documents holder
DDown 4:	Company "C" is in prime, which is dandy
DDown 5:	Guardian's sugar snaps
DDown 6:	Who has lots of spirit, yet in dire trouble
DDown 7:	A head of uncompleted major space project
DDown 8:	Compact goods yard
DDown 14:	As a radical on the outside, Mo relaxed badly
DDown 16:	Sulphur once providing lips with hue
DDown 18:	Buzz gets permit for lock
DDown 19:	Is a donor complete, given love directions?
DDown 20:	Working to break demo ruler
DDown 21:	Odd bit of canal that's turned?
DDown 23:	Common former leader
DDown 25:	Cyclist's condition?