The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th December 2018

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th December 2018. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Called Island about band member
AAcross 5:	Accumulates trouble below and on high	PILESUP
AAcross 9:	Start working group
AAcross 10:	Dismisses backing band twice before show starts	POOHPOOHS
AAcross 11:	King or queen beyond rabbit hole? It's hard to say
AAcross 12:	See 6
AAcross 14:	Start of true love? Licks honey, prepared for French kissing	TONSILHOCKEY
AAcross 18:	Query reason for neatness
AAcross 21:	See 19
AAcross 22:	Air complaint for Mavis
AAcross 25:	Wooden home beside main road across northern China
AAcross 26:	Ring doctor about card game
AAcross 27:	Detective showing face around Oxford?
AAcross 28:	Umpteenth rallentando's hidden charm
DDown 1:	Bad jokes about parking in the capital
DDown 2:	Deny any connection with row about female
DDown 3:	Car (rattletrap), one that goes on and on
DDown 4:	Reportedly one that's gone off soft leather
DDown 5:	Variable length, once absorbed in respectable screw
DDown 6:	Slap fool that's left for Germany
DDown 7:	Small child gets into wrong Ford in Bulgarian capital
DDown 8:	Speaks about taking the lead from Yorkshire and Surrey openers
DDown 13:	Painful condition making a horse trot unevenly
DDown 15:	Kill time in US cafe, around about half four
DDown 16:	Punishment from cross man
DDown 17:	Refuse to acknowledge detective's right
DDown 19:	Stare at Johnny before kiss
DDown 20:	Someone having tooth extracted that likely heads for small town in Eastern Europe?
DDown 23:	Birds raised in these eggs
DDown 24:	Tongue-in-cheek, helpful tips for a small person