The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 6th December 2016

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 6th December 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Citizen's cross leaving prison
AAcross 4:	Orator condemned coercion on being rejected
AAcross 9:	Regular sections of toughened moulding
AAcross 10:	Forsyte heroine puts off cutting out article for Iris
AAcross 11:	Scot's cross, forgetting large work by Martial
AAcross 12:	Army's misled about new German vessel's flaw
AAcross 13:	A brave chap gutted about old Greek commander
AAcross 15:	Guy, for one, saves time
AAcross 16:	Violinist’s first quartet offers list of options
AAcross 17:	Kinky top, say, and liquid diet for goddess
AAcross 21:	Try collecting flyers suitable for Banksy work?
AAcross 22:	Poet reverses vehicle into garden
AAcross 24:	CIA spies trained to guard old American stars
AAcross 25:	Censor and tenacious orator originally	CATO
AAcross 26:	Passes out note in special courts
AAcross 27:	Lover of 17 lives next door to a lecturer
DDown 1:	Successful fringe the start of our expansion?
DDown 2:	Twice nightly? That's more than enough for old people	ICENI
DDown 3:	Heading the wrong way? Kill headlight	OFFBEAM
DDown 5:	One king's revolting state
DDown 6:	Former journalist covering case couldn't stand
DDown 7:	Poem about Ulysses essentially at end of Troy
DDown 8:	Prophet grasping complex metaphor is transformed
DDown 14:	Obvious hole in mission statement
DDown 16:	Bunch of careless dairymaids knocked over lots
DDown 18:	Man coming in behind Democrat tried again
DDown 19:	Historian of The Quiet American?
DDown 20:	Citizen of Crete and other island bans Catholic
DDown 23:	Banks avoid costing toxic compound