The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th September 2016

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th September 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Kill a source of minerals
AAcross 4:	Pie cases hot, bearing foil
AAcross 9:	See 16
AAcross 10:	Number of people misspelling me in a concoction of spelling?
AAcross 11:	A trowel initially breaking bricks smoothly
AAcross 12:	Valley where short holiday taken in prison
AAcross 13:	One after something yellow primarily in flower, a shrub
AAcross 15:	See 26
AAcross 16:	Ocean ¾ mile out — this could be deep
AAcross 17:	English assimilated by Welshman a month back, disappeared
AAcross 21:	Tainted bonnet removed from VW in copper and crimson
AAcross 22:	Lower in tone, the remarks
AAcross 24:	Wasted in pub bar, beaten boxer's packed it in?	BUBBLEWRAP
AAcross 25:	Grand pocketed by jazz band member, returning for the holiday season
AAcross 26:	Dance with comrade beyond a disaster?
AAcross 27:	New energy has died after artist leaves the planet
DDown 1:	Spanish cheese contains it — exactly!	QUITESO
DDown 2:	Scene of conflict encapsulated by Hurricane rapidly taking off
DDown 3:	Understanding the blame, one side in the main
DDown 5:	See 23	HOLDEM
DDown 6:	Strain IV struggles to contain universal tablet software
DDown 7:	Consideration still important, ultimately
DDown 8:	Alien advances ripe, start to shoot — in this?	SPACEINVADERS
DDown 14:	Pirate, attention-grabbing moaner!
DDown 16:	Little taste of cheddar cheese, not for game
DDown 18:	28.2743 approximately, number that's to be knocked down
DDown 19:	Stone building remade with last of steel
DDown 20:	Piece of cake in a block?
DDown 23:	Some lad with the cunning to bank unspecified amount in poker