The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th February 2015

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th February 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Hit celebrated late in to the night
AAcross 5:	Occupied area in Kent, roughly on the way to London
AAcross 9:	Lecturer's got through a course in Rome
AAcross 10:	Outgoing administration avoids attending game	LAMEDUCKS
AAcross 11:	Drunk goes back, clutching large bottlenecks
AAcross 12:	See 3
AAcross 13:	Suppressing cry of pain, weak-kneed son bawls
AAcross 15:	Instrumentalist, one unable to follow the lead without note?
AAcross 18:	Notice habit journalist confronted
AAcross 19:	King notably had one about breaching barrier
AAcross 21:	Relish country's leader moving to the right
AAcross 23:	Caught on the hop, jockeys ride with spurs
AAcross 25:	Truce reached by warring cities after navy reduced by half
AAcross 26:	Pair breaking verbal agreement here in Belgium
AAcross 27:	Apprentice isn't giving up time in plane, say
AAcross 28:	Spray used in northern river for 24 hours
DDown 1:	Put cover over well, like an old hand
DDown 2:	Works turning up in college were the first preserved intact
DDown 3:	14 wrote this line, following shortage in pub
DDown 4:	Key European sets limits on chosen representatives
DDown 5:	Some rejected these maths disciplines
DDown 6:	Dropped off bottles and upset 14's work
DDown 7:	More charming king shunned by cooler queen
DDown 8:	Bill abandoning Spain for Western Australia after a serious conflict
DDown 14:	Man who wrote religious text finally shortened church service
DDown 16:	Bore in a French river
DDown 17:	Beloved characters (cruelly slain) written out of 14's work
DDown 18:	A leaflet written after Celtic's fourth draw
DDown 20:	Songs by tenor breaking setter's reserve
DDown 22:	Primarily South American measure Brazil adopted?
DDown 23:	Drive on the skew could be a bit of a bloomer
DDown 24:	In the case of Rice, short song will show it