The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th October 2017

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th October 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Bit of slap and tickle starts to arouse my suspicions about artist
AAcross 5:	Battered tins of cake regularly disappearing off the shelf
AAcross 9:	Partially unmask rancidly repellent police spies
AAcross 10:	Vacuously self-important ass in top-flight location
AAcross 11:	Rudely intrude on a group of workers
AAcross 12:	Clay (Muhammad Ali) routed Liston to begin with
AAcross 14:	Pretentious reporting of theft in Israeli port
AAcross 18:	Catching Tommy, Eunice bounds away into lead
AAcross 21:	Tempt government to swap sides
AAcross 22:	Throw dance party close to Oban? Sure thing!
AAcross 25:	Perhaps Wonder Woman cured our herpes
AAcross 26:	Sheepish old climber
AAcross 27:	They offer trips and the ultimate in luxurious hotel accommodation
AAcross 28:	Cry of defiance from drunkard at this point	SOTHERE
DDown 1:	Very small, quiet nursing home
DDown 2:	English dons get lost and cry
DDown 3:	I mess about, struggling to be self-disciplined
DDown 4:	Reckless lighting of gas rings upset head of Npower
DDown 5:	Sailor, one from the Gulf, picked up a lover
DDown 6:	Father and husband leaving county
DDown 7:	Not very proactive, dithering like Norma?
DDown 8:	Art of teasing youngster over diary entry's conclusion
DDown 13:	Quitting position, adopting extremely uncivil language
DDown 15:	Dangerous quality of much air in Essex
DDown 16:	Last of ascetic and devout desert mystics seeing doctors
DDown 17:	Rude little devil runs after guy?
DDown 19:	Allen losing everything in Sin City
DDown 20:	Wise Olympian subsequently enters races alternately
DDown 23:	Hybrid vehicle not a huge success at first
DDown 24:	Small group of patriots