The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th September 2015

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th September 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	A nameless sentimentalist — like Basil?
AAcross 9:	What astronomers must do to improve
AAcross 9:	What astronomers must do to improve
AAcross 10:	22 down set the ball rolling
AAcross 11:	Small mammal with horn, active at sea
AAcross 12:	Specialist in the Middle East has no time for rockery plant
AAcross 14:	Preserve core for Curie in French-Polish setting …
AAcross 15:	… college VIP retaining a core here?
AAcross 17:	Credit for 22 down, say
AAcross 20:	Salt can't stand and is back first
AAcross 22:	When small, I should be with short people
AAcross 23:	One's out to make reductions
AAcross 24:	Predator about to move freely
AAcross 25:	Chap, say, with a wine store
AAcross 26:	French dramatist's singular Rabelaisian quality
DDown 1:	Ripe bananas in an American restaurant
DDown 2:	Sign captain up
DDown 3:	River heard in wood
DDown 4:	Downtown, say, having dismissed last presenter	CLARKSON
DDown 5:	22 down river, OK?
DDown 6:	African member of order importing skirts from Burundi area
DDown 8:	Smart card's first used by machine operator
DDown 13:	Angel holding stuff for traveller
DDown 16:	Visual artist's taken in — like Sibyl?
DDown 18:	What stops a good-for-nothing boozer?
DDown 19:	Safe container for tungsten alloy
DDown 21:	Workers collectively embracing socialist leader to show solidarity
DDown 22:	Frank's guide
DDown 24:	Discover stuff in detached houses