The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd February 2018

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd February 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Santa's little helpers, grammatically?
AAcross 9:	See 1
AAcross 10:	Hunts, since heavens knows when
AAcross 11:	Woefully ignorant, left in cemetery
AAcross 12:	Device for spraying glue, extremely sticky stuff
AAcross 13:	Bar bird
AAcross 14:	Bone meal covering various strata
AAcross 16:	Captivated, as J, U, M and P do
AAcross 16:	Captivated, as J, U, M and P do
AAcross 19:	Bully makes withdrawn son cry
AAcross 21:	The devil of an early and influential 20
AAcross 22:	Small cafe is in France by a motorway trap
AAcross 24:	Dow Jones crashed — Jack taken away, having fainted
AAcross 25:	Hook-up on singular golf course, apparently taking time
AAcross 26:	Orchestrate mixture for rich chocolate cake	SACHERTORTE
DDown 1:	Mo Crosier's accomplices?	SMALLTIMECROOKS
DDown 2:	Shaggy character's encore taking place
DDown 3:	Prize stone cut with edge of blade
DDown 4:	Popular drink for a royal daughter?
DDown 5:	Parlour games — plus/minus cryptic message
DDown 6:	To win this, avoid scrambling!	EGGANDSPOONRACE
DDown 7:	Ordered non-zero calorie confection
DDown 8:	Amateur toff, too
DDown 15:	Lacking heat, French dish almost postponed
DDown 16:	Thinly scattered food chain outside of Stevenage
DDown 17:	It's my turn to bowl late
DDown 18:	Short message about lengthy transmission husband dropped
DDown 20:	Could be Arachne's dog
DDown 23:	Large building with staff and soldiers