The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 31st January 2017

There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 31st January 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Without love, beast has to hurt, so droop faced?
AAcross 9:	Dessert knocked over, drunk has dried fruit
AAcross 10:	Male ensnared by a more dreadful lover
AAcross 11:	Springboks not quite heard?
AAcross 12:	Suggestion of a fit body, not half! Lady Chatterley's Lover, possibly?	ABITOFROUGH
AAcross 13:	Dealing with commercial arrangement
AAcross 15:	Combination locks, late ’70s style?
AAcross 18:	See 1 down
AAcross 20:	Comic called in about exercise for writer
AAcross 23:	Dante acts up, spoiling writer's moving technique	CUTANDPASTE
AAcross 25:	He fought a wild animal — that's not on
AAcross 26:	Asian leaves house in mid-Sicily after Corleone initially quits mob
AAcross 26:	Asian leaves house in mid-Sicily after Corleone initially quits mob
AAcross 27:	One Direction's festival season's ending
AAcross 28:	I must remain serious, you're joking!	DONTMAKEMELAUGH
DDown 1:	No one remaining hairy in sports? Be careful what you say!	WALLSHAVE
DDown 2:	Foot part raised, carried in fat gymnast's stretcher
DDown 3:	Without knowing, white unicorn's heading up to god
DDown 4:	Tongue a degree pronounced, cut
DDown 5:	A round end is round, plain and simple
DDown 6:	Tone with which doctor plugs drain
DDown 7:	Party with two runners?
DDown 8:	Our home is a hole in the ground
DDown 14:	Sucker has wee in lift during comedy routine
DDown 16:	One in twelve boxes unsatisfactory, one tiny part
DDown 17:	Minister and earls surprisingly backing movement
DDown 19:	Queen binds princess up, then knight captured again
DDown 21:	Similar drinks brought together with classy French wine
DDown 22:	Musical creation of Sullivan, The Mikado
DDown 23:	By which one might recognise a prize archer?
DDown 24:	Power company after ultimate in riches