The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 16th October 2019

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 16th October 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	King has a change of heart initially, having to trample over crusader
AAcross 4:	See 1
AAcross 9:	Frustrating skin defect in article
AAcross 10:	Stand in line to hear writer die as such
AAcross 11:	Religion is a bit of a growth industry
AAcross 12:	Plenty in support of amalgamation
AAcross 13:	From the East, an aroma is emerging
AAcross 15:	In France, you read Italian
AAcross 17:	Tour Iran, plus half the planet
AAcross 19:	Request tree-lined square borders
AAcross 22:	They say solver had dinner late to lose strength
AAcross 24:	Turned up really loud, music essentially is pants
AAcross 26:	A number are into computers
AAcross 27:	Right fuss after outrageous speed: it's criminal
AAcross 28:	Extremely undemocratic to interrupt the development of nearly green power generation
AAcross 29:	See 28
DDown 1:	Keen to welcome both long and terribly grand plot for production
DDown 2:	Here Ryde is an American
DDown 3:	Strong as Poirot?
DDown 4:	Vessel manoeuvre: starting to go about
DDown 5:	Once an island bird losing half its tail?
DDown 6:	Car built to run on the ultimate in engine oil
DDown 7:	Isn't he wrong breaking into minister's residence not long ago?
DDown 8:	Sticker permitted troublemaker to enter
DDown 14:	Calculated harm to banning e-cigarettes
DDown 16:	He sips any cocktail that's hard and fruitless
DDown 18:	Speak ill of topless Lesbian?
DDown 19:	Bristol sounds like a French port
DDown 20:	See 7
DDown 21:	See 1
DDown 23:	Inverting upside-down explosive
DDown 25:	Natural ability to pick up a distress signal