The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th January 2017

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th January 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Whale hump nursed by princess
AAcross 4:	All to play for, with raise to pocket
AAcross 9:	A Winter's Tale character is absent — a mistake?	SEBASTIAN
AAcross 10:	A Winter's Tale character with perfect stuff about
AAcross 11:	A Winter's Tale character's endless rot	FESTE
AAcross 12:	A Winter's Tale character showing nerve after illness	AGUECHEEK
AAcross 13:	Woman acting as boy, character shortly bagging a duke
AAcross 15:	Mitigate rebuke, say?
AAcross 17:	Crank has to perform with water regulator
AAcross 19:	Gorge in middle of Yeovil, a tree ruined
AAcross 22:	nfinit?
AAcross 24:	Food reliable, though not starter
AAcross 26:	A Winter's Tale character one's played
AAcross 27:	Breaking record, work returned is for state capital
AAcross 28:	A Winter's Tale character I love after soon rescuing protagonist at the end	ANTONIO
AAcross 29:	A little stout, a handsome statesman?
DDown 1:	One shy of seven?
DDown 2:	Rounded parts of spheres, no apex
DDown 3:	Warming device one's tucking into slit?
DDown 4:	A bloomer, one abandoning ally and old writer, virtually
DDown 5:	Kindness ultimately lacking in vast wit
DDown 6:	Salesman's turned up, very difficult to continue
DDown 7:	Time frames for courses
DDown 8:	Copy Greek character has to tear up
DDown 14:	Beauty cheers up after more bad breaks
DDown 16:	Roughly two steps around base of device, best point of contact	SWEETSPOT
DDown 18:	Old Shakespearean wino denied victory — this to add flavour?
DDown 19:	A Winter's Tale character caught up in passion is romantic	ORSINO
DDown 20:	Act of betrayal in the end, lost cause
DDown 21:	A Winter's Tale character in the midst of hoax, raging briefly	OLIVIA
DDown 23:	26 or 9 inspiring a writer
DDown 25:	A Winter's Tale character to discharge