The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 20th December 2017

There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 20th December 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Fasten strip across counter top
AAcross 10:	Navy takes issue when commandeered by Shell staff
AAcross 11:	Rushes to back of queue, showing false emotion
AAcross 12:	See 26
AAcross 13:	Boat at sea in secure area of decomposing matter
AAcross 15:	Large, in bold: TREASURE
AAcross 17:	See 11
AAcross 18:	Backing down hollow
AAcross 20:	Rejected member that went unheard as a philosopher
AAcross 22:	Left the room scratched?
AAcross 25:	Leader's liable to be entertained by relative killer
AAcross 26:	Guardian cuts honeydew fudge for children's home	WENDY
AAcross 27:	Corrections to banish URL digital cleanser
AAcross 30:	Chemical secretion more flexible in mobile device?
AAcross 31:	Hogarth cloistered courtyard erased on right of illuminated print
DDown 1:	Combination seal ultimately lacking
DDown 2:	Fibrous connective tissues taking little time to rise in layers
DDown 3:	Wash without audio aid? Get away!
DDown 4:	Season has ended — make an appearance, quickly!
DDown 5:	Cook might have done so around North China
DDown 6:	Service craft: Weightless Moth	MOTHERSHIP
DDown 7:	Night-time threats to females (two Brummies nursing new offspring)
DDown 8:	Flag down Cook?
DDown 13:	See 8
DDown 14:	Roof's berry-smeared — pity	BESORRYFOR
DDown 16:	Old Greek physician: "Wind precedes indigestion, ultimately"
DDown 19:	Anatomising includes particular kinds of atom
DDown 21:	Graphical user interface initially overlapping cross tip
DDown 23:	Naughty kid's fiddle
DDown 24:	Revolutionary worker drowned in Wear
DDown 26:	No head on Nick's mop
DDown 28:	Inventor's three lives
DDown 29:	Catch wine circle substituting carbon