The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th October 2018

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th October 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Name associated with a lot of Allies battling
AAcross 10:	She's housed in dire necessity	IRENE
AAcross 11:	Ban poetic entreaty to hold the writer back
AAcross 12:	Lizard's egg laid in uncultivated land
AAcross 13:	Pods round ship heading west
AAcross 14:	Political coterie or cult? Back it to reform	KITCATCLUB
AAcross 16:	Rot back in coarse types of wood
AAcross 17:	Red vehicle by pit
AAcross 19:	What could make apt stage entertainment
AAcross 22:	Stick crumbling, the end falling off
AAcross 24:	Parking in great city around shops
AAcross 25:	Don't cook enough food, red nuts having been shelled and sent back
AAcross 26:	Go through group of countries, probing distinctive feature
AAcross 27:	Type of firm with no money to lose it
DDown 1:	Some cheer jazzy rag tune	HERECOMESTHESUN
DDown 2:	Person wittering on about marmalade, perhaps, before English party
DDown 3:	Like a close shave, or in need of one
DDown 4:	Pull down pants seldom worn by current husband
DDown 5:	Try to bag new sound device that's hard to get
DDown 6:	Big shot in golf by idiot breaking record
DDown 7:	Pulse fast on one close to arousal
DDown 8:	Crack in part of lounge? Ring phone number from America	HEARTBREAKHOTEL
DDown 15:	Several lines as standard on a chart
DDown 17:	Trickster to perform trickery on a person in court
DDown 18:	Old Dalmatian in bad rain barking around yard
DDown 20:	This stimulates philosopher
DDown 21:	King of music in racy novel that's short
DDown 23:	Reptile steps out of line