The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd October 2015

There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd October 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Fairy tale starts to unravel, lecherous animal showing a bit of leg
AAcross 4:	Finished attempt to get result
AAcross 9:	Dig right inside capsule
AAcross 10:	Collective elements of a party elite fighting to infiltrate extremists in tribe	TUPPERWARE
AAcross 11:	Supporter of women once in ferment
AAcross 12:	Last of shag filling inhaler adapted as smoking pipe
AAcross 13:	Recently married man, outfit in black and white
AAcross 15:	Nip round back of boozer, showing some pace
AAcross 16:	Colours fade
AAcross 17:	Is old, old tennis player (about a hundred) descriptive of some figure?
AAcross 21:	Trouble resting in mansion, I supposed
AAcross 22:	House in the shade
AAcross 24:	Where cheap goods sold, scrap metal and fake Rolexes, primarily?
AAcross 24:	Where cheap goods sold, scrap metal and fake Rolexes, primarily?
AAcross 25:	Mythical vessel written about in biography
AAcross 26:	Country welcoming first of slimy sycophants	YESMEN
AAcross 27:	See 13
DDown 1:	Sounds like one number plus another number is a lot
DDown 2:	On which a squatter may be counting back two from 6 June 1944, fancifully speaking?
DDown 3:	Learning Gaelic in Latvia? Not entirely!
DDown 5:	US author has to hear literary work
DDown 6:	US author, another with heartless novel
DDown 7:	Cook three times, real pastry
DDown 8:	Turn handles on the rack over King Stephen's head — he's tall and thin!
DDown 14:	Fish oil as horrid for beef
DDown 16:	At last, a supporter of the steering mechanism?
DDown 18:	Shaved round fringes in tonsure, so cut
DDown 19:	In conclusion, crack cocaine ultimately taken
DDown 20:	If patient, batting is superior
DDown 20:	If patient, batting is superior
DDown 23:	A bit to one side