The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th January 2018

There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th January 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	A setter held back by someone flirting? A corker, perhaps
AAcross 1:	A setter held back by someone flirting? A corker, perhaps
AAcross 6:	Day-old wrinkly, age-old character	YODA
AAcross 8:	Pray with private for new recruit
AAcross 9:	Muncher of grass munching everything green
AAcross 10:	Day piercing scream almost turned sour
AAcross 11:	Private chamber I reserved to host first of ladies in extravagant fashion
AAcross 12:	Cunning plan — stain at the front is to be removed from shirt
AAcross 15:	Catch outstanding European leader's ultimate revolutionary song
AAcross 16:	One promising to keep mum permanently in gin, drunk by the sound of it?
AAcross 19:	Hill bearing small fruit
AAcross 21:	Soldier in art museum, name Frank
AAcross 22:	Partner joining principal in company with a generous corporation
AAcross 24:	Ruminant occupying hollow tree
AAcross 25:	Redhead after drunken hack in bar, utterly unyielding	ROCKHARD
AAcross 26:	See 17
AAcross 27:	Sharp instrument happens to nip hand
DDown 1:	See 17
DDown 2:	Foul word of prayer masked by babble
DDown 3:	See 17
DDown 4:	Silk, rather oddly, used for old gowns
DDown 5:	Grass around fielder picked up
DDown 6:	See 23	YELTSIN
DDown 7:	See 22	DOODLEDOO
DDown 13:	Motor race that's cultivated
DDown 14:	Imagine this crossword starts out as cryptic
DDown 17:	To demonstrate one's sincerity, eat bread?	PUTONES
DDown 18:	Paddy beat Republican shortly
DDown 20:	See 17	MOUTHIS
DDown 22:	Dawn's sound party at which to sketch spaniels, might you say?	COCKA
DDown 23:	I, Russian leader, ostensibly tipsy?	BORIS