The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd October 2015

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd October 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	To overcome Labour, Conservative turned blue
AAcross 4:	Reportedly mean birds
AAcross 9:	Weak tea? Never brew Darjeeling to begin with!
AAcross 10:	Opportunity follows the debut of Basil Brush
AAcross 11:	500 join in tour round royal house
AAcross 12:	America's main problem? Moving into action
AAcross 13:	Ponders complicated answer
AAcross 15:	Cigar ignited over top of light bulb
AAcross 17:	Beamed Scotty initially a long way down
AAcross 19:	Old Liberals accept national (and English) complaints
AAcross 22:	Man stole diamonds in the East Midlands
AAcross 24:	Cook delivers off-break
AAcross 26:	A dash of orange liqueur or spirit?
AAcross 27:	Gap: "Everything Must Go!"
AAcross 28:	Bit of evidence Piers M. shredded for large organisations
AAcross 29:	Admiral's sole upset is in the news
DDown 1:	City street to shout about
DDown 2:	3 sitcom produced by 24
DDown 3:	Royal fund backs rise of corrupt City
DDown 4:	Sweet prince is promising bachelor no more
DDown 5:	Yummy barman regularly seen in shadow
DDown 6:	Is using more than one stopwatch cheating?
DDown 7:	Arabian soldiers first pursue the old
DDown 8:	Two ways to describe article or piece
DDown 14:	Review of doing 1 + 2 + 3?
DDown 16:	Give back pound from mouldy mulberries
DDown 18:	Bear up and manage etc, before society notices
DDown 19:	Struggle about new maze
DDown 20:	Scottish minister no longer has temperature, doctor
DDown 21:	Chelsea fan also rioting on Tyneside	SLOANE
DDown 23:	Mathematician keeps things working smoothly, they say
DDown 25:	Rulers engagements attract not a single word of disapproval