The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 31st July 2019

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 31st July 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Something online for minors, I say, drinking liquor
AAcross 9:	See 7
AAcross 10:	Warning of mass extinction, now all kicking off
AAcross 11:	Something sinister locked in extremes of nature for post-apocalyptic writer
AAcross 12:	Light bracket formerly placed behind sack, oddly
AAcross 14:	Relative bound by fancy contract
AAcross 15:	Terrible mistake detailed about one reaching end of game, extreme temperatures — with this?
AAcross 17:	Figure is covering page in magazine
AAcross 20:	Ballet move: sweep featuring sliding over of booty
AAcross 22:	In fiendish Satan's triumph, hope's ending for God	THEMAN
AAcross 23:	Parched, so a brandy mixed with last of lemonade	DRYASABONE
AAcross 24:	Critical time off: no, quite the opposite
AAcross 25:	See 1
AAcross 26:	See 22
DDown 1:	Substance producing effect, bringing about 15 3
DDown 2:	See 24 across
DDown 3:	See 15
DDown 4:	Send down rook, queen half hidden
DDown 5:	Not quite everything contained by flood barriers after a rise — in this?
DDown 6:	Capable of grasping vacuous ideas, help ne'er arranged
DDown 7:	Very much that's heartbreaking with empty pockets, oh my Lord!	WHATON
DDown 13:	Punched by Mafia's leader, Irishman doubled up is an informer	NAMESNAMES
DDown 16:	Social affair thus far coming up, cut by a fraction
DDown 18:	Hackney's condition is surprising
DDown 19:	Bang on about Italian author's good manners
DDown 21:	Promoting toilet humour ultimately, Paul regularly immature
DDown 22:	Belief in 22 26 is hard in worrying times
DDown 24:	With gas on, a temperature warmer?