The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd November 2017

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd November 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Festive treat from black stag in mating season?	BRANDYBUTTER
AAcross 8:	In France, a man runs free of clothes
AAcross 9:	Glower as student group knocked over clock
AAcross 9:	Glower as student group knocked over clock
AAcross 11:	My cryptic hint for old port
AAcross 12:	Stops king donning transvestite's jacket and skirt
AAcross 13:	Base of trifle with less calorific cream
AAcross 14:	Lying bum flogged modern houses
AAcross 16:	Clergies horrified about a deed such as this?
AAcross 19:	Tuck in to sample a treat
AAcross 21:	Equids, one of them hidden by rambling rose
AAcross 23:	Smug fellow's not a boring tool, it's said
AAcross 24:	One's heavy, large and round, wearing clothes outside?
AAcross 25:	Silly graduate abandons speaking naturally
AAcross 26:	Faulty gasometer in a kind of household
DDown 1:	AC/DC covering a Christmas staple? That's rum	BACARDI
DDown 2:	A header from Vardy, cracking ball — come on!
DDown 3:	Unknown quantity of diamonds and heroin around vessel
DDown 4:	Hem in blouse's edging fixed
DDown 5:	Fit six-footer right in the middle
DDown 6:	Slippery, sinful individual steals credit card back
DDown 7:	Look, with VAT rising, pop star trembled	BUTCHERSHOOK
DDown 10:	Stones hit bird, after suffering without milk	PAINTITBLACK
DDown 15:	European composer, in recital, has things to do
DDown 17:	Overcook pork pie and coke
DDown 18:	Reluctance to move home, rate changes entrapping one
DDown 19:	Rider favouring protection for face when cut
DDown 20:	Theologian and Darwin swapping tips for theorem	ERASTUS
DDown 22:	Martial arts teacher's detailed wisdom