The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 8th May 2018

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 8th May 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Pillar where water is drawn from river
AAcross 5:	Menial daughter, one booked by Dickens
AAcross 9:	Head of oldest and most outlandish prehistoric beast
AAcross 10:	Ash, possibly, on edges of earthen dish
AAcross 12:	Jam for bear
AAcross 13:	With pound coin (new design), reluctant to get minimal cover?
AAcross 14:	Making changes in device isn't encouraged
AAcross 18:	Dreadfully sad judge popular on social media
AAcross 21:	Decorum — for devoutness, rector must be involved
AAcross 23:	Dickensian plot's unexpected turn
AAcross 24:	Mullet, say, discovered in fresh air, doomed
AAcross 25:	Transport real and imaginary, not one for the birds
AAcross 26:	Tiresome magistrates get used to it
AAcross 27:	Monkey on board creating big problems
DDown 1:	Tree doctors aboard train heading north
DDown 2:	Introduce trendy source of booze — only one left
DDown 3:	Material traditional in film
DDown 4:	Oscar joins team after a vote for historic mission	APOLLOELEVEN
DDown 6:	Old force guarding province, symbolically described
DDown 7:	Party guest finds place for a nap beside river
DDown 8:	Consent obtained in Beeb, essentially, for protection from glare
DDown 11:	A British duty to arrange garb for streakers?
DDown 15:	Get drunk splitting French wine cask — I'm game!
DDown 16:	Golfer likely to need this accompaniment to fish, fried?
DDown 17:	No pressure for clemency after PM gets winning margin
DDown 19:	Run through church chasing mole
DDown 20:	Rising models like to be drawn in suspended animation
DDown 22:	Gunners tacitly agree to lift unhealthy gas