The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 4th August 2017

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 4th August 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Curly veg, if sound, consumed as religious rule
AAcross 6:	Month, bleak and damp, turning summery?
AAcross 10:	Underground, is it? Or time to take a taxi?
AAcross 11:	Serious writer's concession: a little comedy in the gaps
AAcross 12:	Is youngster fit for this culture at the Met?
AAcross 13:	Gradually chip away tons in a space of time
AAcross 14:	School being over, sister hugs Mark, college champion	MAGNUSCARLSEN
AAcross 17:	Goodness masking evil: example that may be handed to you on a plate
AAcross 21:	Trumpeter's burst stomach
AAcross 22:	Country houses a small river flowing into a big one
AAcross 24:	Fitness fanatic making one change — one'll get rid of bad influences
AAcross 25:	At start of intifada, gunmen question one Arab
AAcross 26:	Spread a little butter on end of slice
AAcross 27:	Chief exec engages 14's predecessor to travel back with minimum staff	MANANDDOG
DDown 1:	Vessel with some honey in crypt
DDown 2:	Leah's dad gives dog a name
DDown 3:	Always the same suit fabric? That's a 9	PERPETUALCHECK
DDown 4:	Killer I see reported going to block at Stonehenge for execution
DDown 5:	Authorise me to return pawn, not so important after the opening
DDown 7:	How Wordsworth saw a crowd in a high-rise long ago
DDown 8:	See 23
DDown 9:	3, for example, finally getting a job?
DDown 15:	Playing, I ought to win from the start, but give up	GOWITHOUT
DDown 16:	Going to get architect for nothing, making hard grind
DDown 18:	American native suggests a pseudonym for Eliot?
DDown 19:	A lot of beer consumes dole money in rough bar
DDown 20:	4 the record, holding empty luggage out
DDown 23:	Mad stranger turns out to be 14, for example