The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 3rd September 2019

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 3rd September 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	CID's possibly back in trouble with this
AAcross 9:	Large 'astral' cast might be …	ALLSTAR
AAcross 10:	... backing Scot, singer briefly appearing in African capital
AAcross 11:	Element symbolised by O, oddly
AAcross 12:	Duck eaten by greedy duck
AAcross 13:	Contents of clutch bag finally found in, say, front of skip
AAcross 14:	Voters potentially have online reader worried
AAcross 16:	One might tear along this …
AAcross 19:	… bank enthusiastically — eventually fishing, initially for carp
AAcross 21:	Apart from 50% of OAPs, too lazy to go round foreign capital
AAcross 22:	Informed about hard right, she changed point of entry
AAcross 24:	Most attractive female consumed by sexual desire
AAcross 25:	Charge American a pound, placed on account
AAcross 26:	Chicken satay and tikka starters at lunchtime, current in the western US
DDown 1:	Condemned lifeless yoghurt in holier-than-thou fashion
DDown 2:	Entry passage given coat by paint roller
DDown 3:	Someone adversarial, extremely biased
DDown 4:	Driving mounted policemen around a lot
DDown 5:	Somewhat contrary parrot, a timid parrot
DDown 6:	Sweet shade of brown hair product
DDown 7:	Heading off, worn out, to laze around taking in unknown song from Chicago
DDown 8:	Do become confused, following female nonsense
DDown 15:	Sort of light source OK in the pink?
DDown 16:	See 7
DDown 17:	Fool has broken child's toy in half? Be forgiving
DDown 18:	Opera covering polar opposites? Wisdom was famously one of them
DDown 20:	See 8
DDown 23:	Painting on plaster that's dry and firm