The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 18th December 2015

There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 18th December 2015. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Pretty vacuous stuff, as in a pair of habits
AAcross 5:	Turned over, grain soaks cooking vessel
AAcross 9:	Athenian money requiring flash investment
AAcross 10:	Somewhat like 1 down? That's too much	ABITTHICK
AAcross 11:	Swimmer has old hair style
AAcross 12:	Ladies' man — Agrippa, say?
AAcross 14:	Maximum score on board, little time left in between, try to rebuild	TREBLETWENTY
AAcross 18:	Altercations getting out of hand between New York and California, perhaps
AAcross 21:	24th chap detailed?
AAcross 22:	Cleaner cheek on bum	FACESPONGE
AAcross 25:	Gather around to insist on a comfort break? Here's the bad news!	READEMAND
AAcross 26:	Certainly not close to autumn, the night before last in summer
AAcross 27:	Old man in want after potassium as protection for joint
AAcross 27:	Old man in want after potassium as protection for joint
AAcross 28:	Decide to do this puzzle again?
DDown 1:	Vessel takes a long time warming food
DDown 2:	Top steeplechaser, perhaps?
DDown 3:	Author Thomas tours book fair in Parisian district
DDown 4:	Sloth, part Brazilian, sleeping upside down
DDown 5:	Chicken partially boned?
DDown 6:	Poet abandoning the top table
DDown 7:	Constable, perhaps, catching breath, an individual collared
DDown 8:	Observer simply reviewing Yankee Doodle: "Gutless"
DDown 13:	Gear to change as went past
DDown 13:	Gear to change as went past
DDown 15:	Pathogen I guess consuming oxygen under blackhead
DDown 16:	German statesman's doctrine dividing king and nipper after uprising
DDown 17:	Very old figure breaking leg
DDown 19:	Whine, seeing scorpion's tail in trousers being pulled up
DDown 20:	Stuff about English prince or king?
DDown 23:	One or the other with a cold duck?
DDown 24:	See 25