The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 31st August 2017

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 31st August 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	As a crossword is finished, well-informed	CLUEDUP
AAcross 5:	See 4
AAcross 9:	Asian leader, man in vessel from the East
AAcross 10:	Ridge on course to lose a 21
AAcross 11:	Prisoner at first notably distressed to be incarcerated in old area of punishment?
AAcross 12:	Pat on the back far from rare?
AAcross 14:	See 17	CUMBERBATCH
AAcross 18:	Planet clearly illuminated using iron and lead
AAcross 21:	Plane perhaps hijacked by buccaneer, turning back
AAcross 22:	Misery, western and Aliens — nothing between them
AAcross 25:	Article inaccurate I alter, do I?
AAcross 26:	Drive crooked mile around Peterhead
AAcross 27:	First two of seven different punches — that will teach you!	SOTHERE
AAcross 28:	Look for New York to contain a countering team from that city?	YANKEES
DDown 1:	Sky put article in text of news story
DDown 2:	UN secretary-general in truth anti-imperialist	UTHANT
DDown 3:	Those partial to chicken and chips in for unsightly fat!
DDown 4:	Issue driven by these gambles, modest cut invested
DDown 5:	Support figure going over testament, as advocate
DDown 6:	Flower of Lancashire and Yorkshire neither red nor white?
DDown 7:	One group breaking record that's nutty
DDown 8:	Secret society's opening, they carelessly having hidden key
DDown 13:	Ear to brain, extraordinary lapse
DDown 15:	Draw in game set to change
DDown 16:	Vegetarian diet under microscope, initially
DDown 17:	Actor extracting copper from a lot of salad ingredients served with ham and hollandaise sauce?
DDown 19:	Capital quiet, after endless cheers on Japanese borders
DDown 20:	Unlikely to fill empty seats in part of the theatre
DDown 23:	Cow, like her mate?
DDown 24:	See 12