The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 9th May 2018

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th May 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Old friends taking care of modern miss, including minister
AAcross 6:	Senior officer taking academic stream in philosopher William's place
AAcross 9:	Getting new gear? Sports official has it
AAcross 10:	Hills not unusually having bird sounds around	QUANTOCKS
AAcross 11:	A party in difficulty
AAcross 12:	Trees found by prince in a foreign country
AAcross 14:	Incident is placed on record — lines of celebration?
AAcross 15:	Rubbish blocking entrance — nasty bit of wire?
AAcross 16:	Throw husband out — ancient fellow whose wife has cheated
AAcross 19:	Disciple following evangelist, a man of many words
AAcross 22:	Naughty act of sexpot, seen retrospectively
AAcross 23:	Boxer went down, with time running out
AAcross 24:	Maiden featured in special birthday poem
AAcross 26:	Surprise article, something you may get lost in ?
AAcross 27:	Little women, never disheartened, about to begin again
AAcross 28:	State number being brought to head, having taken drug repeatedly
DDown 1:	Body in vehicle — something for police to investigate?
DDown 2:	Aims of criminal joining Italy's No 1 illegal gang
DDown 3:	Non-patriots in revolt — being negative, they are charged
DDown 4:	Reward soldiers fairly
DDown 5:	Submarine group very hot
DDown 6:	Plump and old, needing exercise?
DDown 7:	Clown organised teachers — fair target?
DDown 8:	Small stone housed in French gallery — essential item for visitor
DDown 13:	Rod deceased, having swallowed yellow chemical
DDown 16:	Theologian enthralled by church organ in Somerset village
DDown 17:	Skipper goes round southern island missing bit of ship's apparatus
DDown 18:	Excellent worker — I'll get stuck in, resisting authority
DDown 19:	Revolutionary member of Eastern religion eating loaf
DDown 20:	Spiritualists giving phoney answer
DDown 21:	Simplicity I have found in nature, abandoning old city
DDown 25:	Tree in river, weak top to bottom