The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 5th December 2014

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 5th December 2014. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Phil's in pieces going over lines
AAcross 5:	He beats stranger after dreadful start
AAcross 9:	Deprived of minibus not in the same place
AAcross 10:	Fervent disorder with Paisley, perhaps, in charge
AAcross 11:	Journal covering leaderless lawsuit's volume of words
AAcross 12:	Masters Genesis number
AAcross 14:	IRA's grit seen to emerge from this event?	EASTERRISING
AAcross 18:	He makes cheeky revelation in Times about English novel	THEMOONSTONE
AAcross 21:	See 24
AAcross 22:	Masterpiece of gun surgery by American
AAcross 25:	Steady second independent Liberal returned in contested seat
AAcross 26:	Key to apartment No 5?	EFLAT
AAcross 27:	Hunk goes over to relax, say, in swingers' bar
AAcross 28:	Such rulers stop seditious faction after revolution
DDown 1:	Arrive at party and face problem
DDown 2:	Girl entertains a name over in folly
DDown 3:	One of the originators, possibly, but no hero
DDown 4:	Writer's filling issue for singer and playwright
DDown 5:	Strand grass for sand hopper
DDown 6:	One needing exercise wants female
DDown 7:	Bloke's endlessly reckless language
DDown 8:	Soldiers rush to load batteries again
DDown 13:	They check cards and figures on green flags	PINNUMBERS
DDown 15:	Hesitant but alert, relegating leading pair
DDown 16:	Mark to remain a long time confined in flats, typically
DDown 17:	Rum compound made out of rare fluid
DDown 19:	Spacecraft left in a swimming pool
DDown 20:	The way things are, wine's flooding Italy
DDown 23:	Lots light up, beginning to drink
DDown 24:	Party's feeling agitated about answer