The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th February 2015

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th February 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Kingdom acquired by matricide?
AAcross 5:	Hard natured? I could be improved
AAcross 9:	As said of old, did raven and dove dance and turn crimson?
AAcross 10:	One sings in cage, cautious, giving out initial warning
AAcross 11:	See 22	TWOBIRDSWITH
AAcross 13:	See 22
AAcross 14:	Confident about homework? That's easy!
AAcross 17:	Number 1 Queen disc Flash — it's first given a spin on AM
AAcross 18:	Headless chickens? Proverbially, the opposite
AAcross 20:	Scrambled eggs endorsed and used in an emergency by the army
AAcross 23:	Copy section about redstart and duck
AAcross 24:	Samba man from Brazil broadcast in flight
AAcross 25:	Figures out the end in acts
AAcross 26:	Ultimately, one learns not to be horrid
DDown 2:	See 22
DDown 3:	Boatman thus greets one; going on theory, he waves	AHOYTHERE
DDown 4:	Fine pintail carried by pointer
DDown 5:	With it, lark perhaps rises over shore; poet likewise begins singing, but not all at once	INDRIBSANDDRABS
DDown 6:	A number of years before part of the Bible becomes corrupt
DDown 7:	Revive wren horribly pecked by eagle's beak
DDown 8:	Capsize, following report of one seen flying, a sea creature
DDown 12:	Beneath cuckoo's wings (so artful, so wrong!), not about to run
DDown 15:	Spooner to control birds with old weapons
DDown 16:	You may not imitate a bird	FORGETIT
DDown 19:	Picked up fuel, one seen in flight overseas
DDown 21:	One wades in with a bill, say? About time
DDown 22:	Use a crafty throw — and, lo, siskin and tit now bleed