The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 17th October 2016

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 17th October 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	It may be played on the lawn
AAcross 5:	Office workers go to a Scottish island
AAcross 9:	They help those wishing to take cover
AAcross 10:	Stops some injustice as essentially unfair
AAcross 12:	Approach shown by a forceful person
AAcross 13:	Issue half of them before a race
AAcross 14:	Threaten with acid? It may result in inevitable fatality	CERTAINDEATH
AAcross 18:	Gatecrasher?
AAcross 21:	Greatness, unfortunately, makes enemies
AAcross 23:	Peer in uniform
AAcross 24:	Revising his set subject
AAcross 25:	Serving men and women operate from behind it
AAcross 26:	Relax and pause going round about the Orient
AAcross 27:	Greek hero who had an epic journey to get home
DDown 1:	Top style musical party
DDown 2:	Bird lives in hide
DDown 3:	Remain by ascetic
DDown 4:	Financial controller's holdings
DDown 6:	The thanks one gets from a Greek character
DDown 7:	VAT files go astray? Time for celebration!
DDown 8:	Drink? Ben has it as a cocktail
DDown 11:	Being opposed to building seats for spectators?	MAKINGASTAND
DDown 15:	The longest chords in non-musical circles?
DDown 16:	Though he's not there, he's proverbially conspicuous!
DDown 17:	Good people to have around, say, with speech defects
DDown 19:	It's useless turning it into a form of fuel
DDown 20:	Yet they may be quite young trees!
DDown 22:	Goodbye for new aide to union leader