The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st December 2016

There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st December 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Footballer's not let play inside congested areas
AAcross 9:	Those in training as home birds
AAcross 10:	Silk trousers taken off right away
AAcross 11:	Time to sow a tree, working in tandem?
AAcross 11:	Time to sow a tree, working in tandem?
AAcross 12:	Head of church's non-variable system for transferring money
AAcross 13:	Classic horny predicament after princess lost out
AAcross 14:	Learn space traveller's fine at present	COMETOKNOW
AAcross 16:	Wild boar or elephant less confined, we hear, in city some 50 miles from Birmingham
AAcross 19:	One that painted pair leaving fair	ETTY
AAcross 21:	Scare one female off a footballer
AAcross 22:	Liquid used in cooking a sort of pilau — not with rice, ultimately
AAcross 24:	Animal amongst camel's ancestors, for example
AAcross 25:	Leave after greeting rebellious young chap, a Spanish gent
AAcross 26:	Drinks do make Blair sound Conservative?	SHERRYPARTY
DDown 1:	Rear leg grows big fungal growths	BUTTONMUSHROOMS
DDown 2:	Horse in box? No
DDown 3:	The French love another hot country
DDown 4:	Hazel perhaps needs potty briefly, with dance not quite finished
DDown 5:	After vacation, cruise ship ring up refuse collector
DDown 6:	So mad, possibly, after second evil-tempered ugly giant upset the old Big Applecart?	SHOPPINGTROLLEY
DDown 7:	Gossip in front of both petite and neat topless model
DDown 8:	A single sweet to go with chicken
DDown 15:	Gay men out on date, not content to see the moon
DDown 16:	See 7
DDown 17:	One against giving work to model?
DDown 18:	Accident as food served with sausage falls in drink
DDown 18:	Accident as food served with sausage falls in drink
DDown 20:	See 8
DDown 23:	Where to get milkshake after tip-off