The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 2nd October 2017

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 2nd October 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Wipe over new cab bonnet
AAcross 5:	Poor Billy, regularly infested with moth
AAcross 9:	Not aware Italian worker has lost son
AAcross 10:	Eagerly accepts two drinks	LAPSUP
AAcross 11:	"Soft drink?", one snorts
AAcross 12:	St Francis's body beginning to strengthen after long periods on soup	BROTHERASS
AAcross 13:	Extract from record small, more than enough
AAcross 14:	What family shares includes island country
AAcross 16:	Fisherman's position on water's edge
AAcross 19:	Period in which court is closed: left on foot
AAcross 21:	Set of labels dotted about, bearing the same important title
AAcross 23:	Slippers into which these go (not at the front)
AAcross 24:	Make a grab: hello, sailor!
AAcross 25:	After exercise, got fit? Wrong to quibble
AAcross 26:	In both hands, you may grasp smooth character from Athens
AAcross 27:	Controller fitted with 5 down? Unlikely
DDown 2:	Love fine 8, say, in tiny new case, as one may well believe	ONGOODAUTHORITY
DDown 3:	Leave no gaps for picture
DDown 3:	Leave no gaps for picture
DDown 4:	Fruit brought round rest area — take it as it comes	PLAYBYEAR
DDown 5:	Panto character putting bum on seat, no worry
DDown 6:	Caught lover's head in embrace, falling into ravine
DDown 7:	Poisoner I contact, lacking ultimate drug
DDown 8:	She wrote automatically, so needing editing
DDown 15:	Soundly interpreted character as special
DDown 17:	An Indian tune, popular, rises and falls
DDown 18:	Striker puts on women's jacket
DDown 20:	Fragments of music: A, E, and Cs
DDown 22:	No head wound without 18