The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 10th December 2015

There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 10th December 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Focus of capital soundly interpreted with this clue, for example	REDSQUARE
AAcross 10:	Orange, say, ending on purplish flower
AAcross 11:	Sketch garages provided by premier in Lausanne for mountain people carrier
AAcross 12:	Force countered plague in 8
AAcross 13:	Engineer, __ did you say, did you say?
AAcross 14:	One's played God swiping last of Martini in knees-up for seniors?
AAcross 16:	Chapter One in return of modern reading
AAcross 17:	Strong conclusion of Angelou hidden by twisted Spanish poet?
AAcross 19:	Paper's opening article covered by old, not new, 8	PATHETIQUE
AAcross 22:	More than once, I say so contrarily
AAcross 24:	An individual smothered in relish, most comical
AAcross 25:	Contemptible information
AAcross 25:	Contemptible information
AAcross 26:	Free waste, nothing bagged
AAcross 27:	Hang about, solution is 8
DDown 1:	This indignant line-up, with first of dissenters on floor
DDown 2:	Detail both a weed and a parasite in sea
DDown 3:	Marine life in Guinea?
DDown 4:	Crony welcoming parliamentary pioneer in 8
DDown 5:	German train setting off, second to leave station
DDown 6:	Carried by old-fashioned transport, European politician rides here
DDown 7:	Triumphant exclamation some mistake, ruefully served up
DDown 8:	Work, an industrious thing that encompasses range, issue and area	BEETHOVENSONATA
DDown 15:	Circling eastern enclosure, mount rose sharply
DDown 17:	Name outstanding old diver, finding old coin
DDown 18:	As were Daniel Deronda and The Road to Wigan Pier — gosh!	BYGEORGE
DDown 20:	Second-rate vessels
DDown 21:	Keeping rhythm, eventually
DDown 21:	Keeping rhythm, eventually
DDown 23:	Super-balloon