The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 31st August 2018

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 31st August 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	See 14
AAcross 5:	Who would bother a runner?
AAcross 9:	Roman name that sums up a hen party
AAcross 10:	Mythological character cautious about bids
AAcross 11:	Circling island, misplaces cultivated field
AAcross 12:	Film set in Ceausescu mansion
AAcross 14:	Diverting channel and moving home
AAcross 18:	Spar has sweet salmon etc — to be avoided by bathers	BOXJELLYFISH
AAcross 21:	Bird making bird sound at end of flight
AAcross 22:	Players bum around, I'd say
AAcross 25:	Hooligan, having splashed out dosh, is equipped for slippery conditions
AAcross 26:	Arizona omitted housing name
AAcross 27:	Imagine many, many sheets in the air
AAcross 28:	By oneself, so funded at an international level?
DDown 1:	Lustre not right — get lost
DDown 2:	Play leads to joint restriction
DDown 3:	Is there no way for me to bar projected supporter?
DDown 4:	Latin ’40 sounds stand out
DDown 5:	Playing charades with foreign leader is a form of cover
DDown 6:	Set up broadcast flashes
DDown 7:	Moving experience — sun dot flashing
DDown 8:	To take after beer's drunk with Mel
DDown 13:	Craving tasty mixtures, love, servant and one on one
DDown 15:	Position of king, plus heir, ousted
DDown 16:	Headless biblical figure's restored and shrouded
DDown 17:	See 7
DDown 19:	Advanced on American girl walking the streets
DDown 20:	Many, many hollow air screws (500)
DDown 23:	Holy man's down at shed, endlessly
DDown 24:	One's on edge — pardon me