The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 13th December 2019

There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th December 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Post that supports article probing loud and aggressive speech
AAcross 9:	Something eaten by 26, at first reluctantly imitating another rodent
AAcross 10:	A better man than I am, nudging cryptically about 1st April	GUNGADIN
AAcross 11:	Wife initially trimmed plain bit of sister's outfit
AAcross 12:	A strange pursuit involved getting soaked more than is normal?
AAcross 15:	Theme: books and some poetry by male
AAcross 16:	One out of the 2 just starting baked potato
AAcross 20:	Me, foolish? OK, with LP mistaken for a book	PUCKOFPOOKSHILL
AAcross 21:	Tastelessly loud and insolent supporters, extremely surly
AAcross 23:	Old PM touring a land, drunk on the road hither?
AAcross 25:	Jazz style shows lack of clarity, with fiddle missing
AAcross 26:	English country gent bites tail off rather large rodent
DDown 1:	Bland stuff a pub's cooked — left with little hesitation
DDown 2:	Film article dropped by little woman ingesting fluff when cycling? All right	JUNGLEBOOK
DDown 3:	Sort of poker 10 removed from drawing room?
DDown 4:	Stone from a ring, replaced before the centre's fallen out
DDown 5:	Reply rudely? It's in shrew's nature	ANSWERBACK
DDown 6:	Check if baseball team turned up
DDown 7:	Linesman having a little nap?
DDown 13:	Cooking fish in prison — one with new governor at its head	STIRFRYING
DDown 14:	Cocaine and heroin? Me? I'm a mythical creature
DDown 17:	Quick! Hot spicy food going cold — out of bed!	HURRYUP
DDown 18:	Sailor sitting in first class in Taiwan once
DDown 19:	Fish consumed in Belvoir regularly
DDown 22:	Quickly read second novel
DDown 24:	Playing 25? Not if you've common sense