The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th October 2017

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th October 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Fractions of number in choppers to put on uniform on board
AAcross 9:	Female's seduced by an ex-taoiseach	AHERN
AAcross 10:	Doctor grimaces, describing onset of nausea as being all too loudly evident
AAcross 11:	Terrifying regular visitors to Dorset and Leeds
AAcross 12:	Happy as a kingfisher?
AAcross 13:	Frees from tax in Norfolk town
AAcross 15:	Large dong one's confused with a "far out" snout
AAcross 18:	Leftward leaning flower
AAcross 19:	Arm that's hairy and small, short 3
AAcross 22:	4,480-pound European, sounding like a siren	TWOTONE
AAcross 24:	Somewhat contrarily, spots no numbers around the clock
AAcross 25:	Nice men in uniform, mostly Greek S&M nuts
AAcross 26:	Puck? Female, 6, non-starter!
AAcross 27:	Half-heartedly called police about son's minor indiscretions
DDown 1:	From southern town, originally, and yet northern writer
DDown 2:	Lead — a radioactive element? Not lead, it's a metallic element
DDown 3:	See 15
DDown 4:	Listening devices from back of one shop near Barking
DDown 5:	One fat fly heads off, as ordered
DDown 6:	Dangerous, so locked away at last
DDown 7:	Grouped together with a retired joiner
DDown 8:	Drink for one that's picked up medal
DDown 14:	Infuriated by golf shot, curse back-up supports	DRIVENMAD
DDown 16:	Takes more off away kits?
DDown 17:	Model T Ford, on a return trip?
DDown 18:	A poet raving about Goat's Head soup
DDown 20:	Fish, catching record yields
DDown 21:	Operating system in iMac involved a collection of bits
DDown 23:	Ring relative who's missing lost cat
DDown 24:	Like first of nurses taking city hospital round