The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 25th September 2015

There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 25th September 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Damn brilliant?
AAcross 5:	Award lower degree after third from London?
AAcross 9:	Given support as in difficulties, evidently distressing on every front
AAcross 10:	Pose altered wearing absurd theatrical make-up	NOSEPUTTY
AAcross 11:	Responsible adult resentful — minding hell for the most part?
AAcross 11:	Responsible adult resentful — minding hell for the most part?
AAcross 12:	Possibly a Christmas cracker to pull thus contains letters on a pencil in red, say?
AAcross 14:	A lifesaver, as bloom catches showers
AAcross 18:	A sucker, one who is no longer in love with farming?	EXTRACTORFAN
AAcross 21:	Embarrassing defeat, as swimmer drops head
AAcross 22:	Wild thing joining clubs as a swinger?	TIGERWOODS
AAcross 25:	See 3
AAcross 26:	Spraying of tear gas ultimately a shocking police tactic?
AAcross 27:	That will teach you maths, other examples to some extent	SOTHERE
AAcross 28:	Shock provided inside nappy material
DDown 1:	Overweight insect embodying a pair of insects, might you say?
DDown 2:	Nerves, small quantity within muscles
DDown 3:	Guardian spies (no lie) out to steal Times leader — that's corporate skulduggery
DDown 4:	Bloke biting tail of huge, agile carnivore
DDown 5:	More compact packing is preferable, primarily, for pharmacist
DDown 6:	Innocent, possibly, as a satirist
DDown 7:	Stranger diet, sour balls
DDown 8:	All the possibilities in a US state, fine and good
DDown 13:	Just about survive seeing nurse possibly pocketing wad, unexpectedly	TREADWATER
DDown 15:	Frightfully nice trait is involved
DDown 16:	Unblinking female lacking features on the head?
DDown 17:	Group claiming tycoon is a harlot
DDown 19:	Capital once cut, reported shortly as showing little growth
DDown 20:	Item no longer in pubs, hard to lose — is lost!
DDown 23:	Occurrence where detainee finally gets let out
DDown 24:	See 12