The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 31st December 2014

There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 31st December 2014. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	A politician's memory? Put freely, it's makeshift
AAcross 10:	Fabric sale! 50% off money
AAcross 11:	See wings of shrike in prize photograph
AAcross 11:	See wings of shrike in prize photograph
AAcross 12:	Support for scrabble letters
AAcross 13:	Siren's fuse?
AAcross 14:	Colour sports brochure covers books …	BURNTOCHRE
AAcross 15:	… on doing exercise
AAcross 17:	In the year 2000, 599 entered Open University for a bit
AAcross 19:	Getting off scary giant ride takes a little bit of nerve
AAcross 22:	Curse and blast without ever ending
AAcross 23:	Lead, helium and iron compounds on Earth
AAcross 24:	Coverage of space alien
AAcross 26:	Country relocates area to middle of mountain range
AAcross 27:	"Heavy" holds back New York gangster about the throat
DDown 1:	Board move found US credit note
DDown 2:	After father retires, Abramovich welcomes new or old worker	APRONMAN
DDown 3:	Nothing left in explosive crater
DDown 4:	Top trophies gaining publicity before gun shot was invented
DDown 5:	Formula 1 driver just going above 100
DDown 5:	Formula 1 driver just going above 100
DDown 6:	Universal rock star raves, injects drug — love getting unconscious?
DDown 7:	It's about time! Around an hour is a pain
DDown 8:	Vaguely dine out, finish and leave your tips
DDown 16:	Europeans exalting escargot at first	ITALIANS
DDown 17:	Coolers designed to hold a small criminal?
DDown 18:	Clerk can bake biscuit
DDown 20:	In bath, reading yarn
DDown 21:	Point, point, point, point then led all over the place
DDown 25:	Relative to visit repeatedly after hotel checkout