The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 2nd January 2019

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 2nd January 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Cares about John Dryden's first British play becoming a musical	BLOODBROTHERS
AAcross 10:	Hound setter in foreign capital
AAcross 11:	Drops in a letter for one learning the ropes
AAcross 12:	Expecting this is how relatives might behave?	INTHE
AAcross 13:	See 12	FAMILYWAY
AAcross 14:	Get over Uncle Arthur not being all there
AAcross 16:	Remove weight from bride's undies? Not half
AAcross 18:	Answer to first clue might be this? That's beside the point
AAcross 19:	Backstory about island port	EILAT
AAcross 20:	Strange rites in South Africa, caught by tense film	SISTERACT
AAcross 23:	Get to replace content of this sign
AAcross 24:	Let in again to study at place of learning
AAcross 25:	Bind companion into a 9 arrangement
AAcross 26:	Playing teen, first of his two parts in film	THEPARENTTRAP
DDown 2:	A girl they treated for what isn't really a long time
DDown 3:	Irish-American actress finally taken off for European airport	OHARE
DDown 4:	Initially quoted coppers for a barrister — in this?
DDown 5:	Made the most of being work-shy around the Home Counties
DDown 6:	One in hairy situation due to bad deal getting through Parliament, partly?
DDown 7:	Give refreshment to Frenchman and wife
DDown 8:	Reject actor that's broken into vehicles or motor boats	CABINCRUISERS
DDown 9:	Returning to normal consciousness, hoping destiny has changed
DDown 15:	Whistle-blower, female, upset about story which has its ups and downs
DDown 16:	Daughter with primarily electric vehicle one belittles
DDown 17:	Nobel Prize winner whose parents include one resident in US city twice
DDown 21:	Second film from TV series is overwhelming success
DDown 22:	Relationship that is being preserved?
DDown 23:	Understood this topless dress is wrong for 20