The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 14th August 2019

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

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Oily charm from judge leaving meeting
AAcross 5:	Bethlehem visitors find retribution, returning with one change of direction
AAcross 9:	X, mark probing new evidence of collision — get the law!
AAcross 10:	Hear one welcoming woman	GRETA
AAcross 11:	One supporting and backing American composer
AAcross 12:	Unexpectedly arrived during tea, drunk on this?
AAcross 14:	Part of Africa has bounced back well, if intermittently	SAHEL
AAcross 15:	Russian bishop's prayer not working	BORIS
AAcross 16:	Put into shape, because tangled
AAcross 18:	Sort of personality: international Mars explorer has tons
AAcross 21:	Brave but missing first chance
AAcross 22:	Pronounced sorrow with board game where finance dictates policy
AAcross 23:	Having no hope of fixing 24
AAcross 24:	Showed approval of 23 being freed
DDown 1:	Nervous in court, cramped
DDown 2:	Hypocritical speaker to cover least bad book
DDown 3:	Devotees, cricket match being over, not now on square
DDown 4:	Roman city's northern half taken over	NIMES
DDown 5:	Turns to catch the sound of sudden change of air	WINDSHEAR
DDown 6:	Succinct treatise from small religious community
DDown 7:	Are they sent for if popes, say, act so strangely?	MENINWHITECOATS
DDown 8:	Through this shortly I'll snort horribly
DDown 13:	Batting, force one senior man away from boundary
DDown 14:	Imitation marble is logical as could be
DDown 15:	Deprived of sense, incorrectly bound to accept Liberal
DDown 17:	Unmoved as grass has stained coat
DDown 19:	US city with no motorway? I am surprised
DDown 20:	A little more drink for toasting new pet?