The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 23rd December 2019

There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 23rd December 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Nobelist in job, a man avoiding extremes?
AAcross 10:	Preserve a lake after divine leader backed waterway
AAcross 11:	Plant variety of rose ahead of time in bad weather
AAcross 12:	Couple holding hands, consuming punch or wine, not 18
AAcross 13:	Given old hat on entering
AAcross 15:	All in our town changed
AAcross 17:	Miles covered by you earlier — today it's 14
AAcross 18:	Far from right, it may be taken as read by listeners
AAcross 20:	Part of Florida house, home to some Americans
AAcross 22:	Endlessly vacillate before a game try
AAcross 25:	Contrived to share what's within it, we hear
AAcross 26:	5, 8, and 18 mixed for PM once
AAcross 27:	See 29	ANDLOVERS
AAcross 30:	Arrangement of 18 24 for keyboard instrument
AAcross 31:	Immature party type
DDown 1:	Performances in Japan around a skipper 14 cheered
DDown 2:	Writer and architect clad in decorative fabric
DDown 3:	Wise kind of 31
DDown 4:	Irishman, for instance, Brendan badmouths
DDown 5:	Utter expression of pain, like coward
DDown 6:	One concerned about climate, or a crew at sea outside port	ECOWARRIOR
DDown 7:	I like nothing about new source of dye
DDown 8:	Oxbridge student in team of 21 down
DDown 13:	Like house of 24's spouse
DDown 14:	Work of 2 that's a kind of 16	THERAINBOW
DDown 16:	Recommend cast across river for fish
DDown 19:	Not looking forward to start of dance lesson, say
DDown 21:	Area rented in the south for people having events
DDown 23:	Flower girl is very strong (name withheld)
DDown 24:	Fruit from African port, for example, sent north
DDown 26:	Time for chat, say
DDown 28:	Wild party first four in 14 initially arranged
DDown 29:	Confuse no solvers about French author's novel