The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 13th August 2015

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 13th August 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Greasy stuff very foolish for American writer to eat
AAcross 4:	Girl needs a soft drink, somehow going from do to do
AAcross 9:	Walk by river?
AAcross 10:	Distress when train set gets damaged
AAcross 11:	A little comic, he contrived something lavatorial	CHEMICALTOILET
AAcross 13:	Theatrical demand for silence right in manner of ancient Greeks
AAcross 14:	Irishman given a spooky experience abandoning church
AAcross 16:	Snide comment of Spain against its neighbour
AAcross 18:	Solemnly declare situation when donkey had insatiable appetite
AAcross 21:	Potentially wretches with a gram being gained?	WEIGHTWATCHERS
AAcross 23:	Those out for pleasure wanting seductive lady start to finish?
AAcross 24:	One to criticise smallest cut with little hesitation
AAcross 25:	Cover with new trees for trees destroyed
AAcross 26:	Bold attack in which one must keep quiet
DDown 1:	Headlong fall when important lady drops off edge
DDown 2:	Male facing stress when leaving US city
DDown 3:	Author in a state, one of the characters flipping over
DDown 5:	Brilliant batting, say — one little old-style amateur?
DDown 6:	Each party's beginning with trifle around small table
DDown 7:	Whip up a story to deceive girl	NATALIE
DDown 8:	City woman offering opposing position
DDown 12:	Ultimately, ambiguities in puzzles may make one argue	CROSSSWORDS
DDown 13:	School servant I dismissed may have left a mark
DDown 13:	School servant I dismissed may have left a mark
DDown 15:	Hotel man mixed something very dangerous for drinker
DDown 17:	Officer in trouble caught by punch
DDown 19:	A mainstay thus set up is to the purpose
DDown 20:	In some measure bullish, a person who would set the pattern?
DDown 22:	Carrier to deviate, avoiding double bend