The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 28th December 2016

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th December 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	They ruminate about ex-PM not reaching a conclusion
AAcross 4:	Bemoan period of doing without cakes before noon
AAcross 9:	Magridal Bizet's penned in city by the Tarn	ALBI
AAcross 10:	Longed to receive team's kit with lined motif
AAcross 11:	Exactly what the bare-bosomed have rejected	SPOTON
AAcross 12:	Perish, then arise miraculously in this hymn?
AAcross 13:	Head of municipality to pull in favours for thriving areas
AAcross 15:	See 16
AAcross 16:	It's easy to rouse Irish port, according to Spooner
AAcross 17:	Bacterium gets bought, we're told, or gametes	GERMCELLS
AAcross 21:	Sacrifice no time in playing Bach motet
AAcross 22:	Symbol of peasant's morbid and empty life
AAcross 24:	Tenor disheartened in melody fit to be forte
AAcross 25:	Stern king with sensitivity for music
AAcross 26:	They collect scraps of some early jazz pieces
AAcross 27:	Tinker half-heartedly with perfumery's ultimate potpourri
DDown 1:	Seductress's lacy pants with edging of pearls round
DDown 2:	Son tucked into goose; he sought seconds
DDown 3:	The French show attack on Turks
DDown 5:	Patriotic work, extremely American, but not US?
DDown 6:	Strike off priest I meant to reform
DDown 7:	Fixture to support curtain feature
DDown 8:	See 14	ANDDANCEABOUT
DDown 14:	Fuss over Madonna, due back on a stage to be choreographed	MAKEASONG
DDown 16:	Composer's moving tear, captivated by French horn
DDown 18:	Speechless about group's bagpipe
DDown 19:	What may soothe infant with head dropping
DDown 20:	Hum and turn round — that is rhythmic music
DDown 23:	Motor lubricant but not one for a girl