The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th December 2016

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th December 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	No one in particular risking being run over?	MANINTHE
AAcross 9:	See 7
AAcross 10:	Be editor of Independent, admitting wife is no friend of cyclists
AAcross 11:	Small car to tour one's island, or islands
AAcross 12:	Be hard to swallow, as snack in pub: conviction follows
AAcross 14:	They're the world's biggest: word does get round
AAcross 15:	Remarkable Edith Evans in the lead gets awarded part that can't be changed	THEDIE
AAcross 17:	See 15	ISCAST
AAcross 20:	Russian notes endless desire to take litre in hard liquor	SWANLAKE
AAcross 22:	See 12
AAcross 23:	Discredit popular girl I go out with
AAcross 24:	See 24 down
AAcross 25:	The situation: what a lot of whoppers our country tells!	HOWTHE
AAcross 26:	See 25	LANDLIES
DDown 1:	Setter accepts a second opportunity: it opens out
DDown 2:	See 10
DDown 3:	Wicketkeeper quietly dropped for silly mistake
DDown 4:	Virtually — gold?	ASGOODAS
DDown 5:	Fight to keep the NHS so?
DDown 6:	Old-fashioned bum paper
DDown 8:	I want more from officer before coming round
DDown 13:	Saviours of the planet like Kermit to have fun
DDown 16:	Thought: I don't run the paper on whisky!
DDown 18:	See 6	THETIMES
DDown 19:	Heartily destroy every memory
DDown 21:	See 1
DDown 22:	Sound of bouncing around tail of the plane	BOEING
DDown 24:	Exploit soundly-built farm girl