The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 22nd April 2016

There are 16 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 22nd April 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Dispensing with loving gestures, thugs pin me to ground, helpless
AAcross 9:	Cup replay's final touch by Hearts left back
AAcross 10:	Secret police force's arrest
AAcross 11:	Mob wants me to go off in a while, having retreated?
AAcross 11:	Mob wants me to go off in a while, having retreated?
AAcross 12:	Down-and-out, like team with such a record?
AAcross 13:	Hotel defamation cases during stay not a result of contaminated food	DELHIBELLY
AAcross 15:	Got off just over halfway through dismal government-free existence
AAcross 16:	Letters you see to be typed, for example S-K-I-P T-E-A	CAPTCHA
AAcross 18:	They're not even occasional painkillers!	ODDNUMBERS
AAcross 19:	Grand military official's losing it
AAcross 20:	Lincoln pub given the go-ahead in key letters
AAcross 22:	Time allowed for preparation once varied with it
AAcross 23:	Literary man's endless fun, hosting evening of poetry	JEEVES
AAcross 24:	The reason solicitor's reported heavy blizzard
AAcross 24:	The reason solicitor's reported heavy blizzard
DDown 1:	Element divider flexibly accommodating ununoctium (the last)
DDown 2:	Cheers solvers are barred from getting	YOUSHOULDNTHAVE
DDown 3:	Redevelopment of East End integral to total object of perception
DDown 4:	Very impressive visit without telephone
DDown 5:	A couple one bumped into on the rebound?
DDown 6:	So makeshift team did it at last?	COBBLEDTOGETHER
DDown 7:	Its members say they've made it up	THEMILEHIGHCLUB
DDown 14:	Making merry a bit insane while away!
DDown 17:	Dissident went and won Hemel Hempstead?
DDown 21:	Vehicle heading for Hertfordshire wilderness