The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 31st December 2019

There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 31st December 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Money is better — land contracts
AAcross 5:	Deviate from act in motion
AAcross 5:	Deviate from act in motion
AAcross 9:	Carpet Power's removed mark
AAcross 10:	Act on stage
AAcross 11:	Naughty individual goes in after energy is discharged
AAcross 12:	Worried about novice and others
AAcross 12:	Worried about novice and others
AAcross 14:	Assertions from Aldi: 'Tesco ran badly'
AAcross 18:	See 25
AAcross 21:	Vehicle needing day to book
AAcross 22:	Cook steak dinner primarily? Win, having lost weight with it?	ATKINSDIET
AAcross 25:	TV work to state Clare Balding is racing
AAcross 26:	Suffer through short treatment
AAcross 27:	Matter for reflection: sit and think
AAcross 28:	I'm laughing with Tales For Suckers
DDown 1:	Dog with stick up on deserted Exmoor
DDown 2:	Kitty eating a bishop's bird
DDown 3:	Backing up computer work, restoring deleted spreadsheet, initially for owners' documents	TITLEDEEDS
DDown 4:	Can run inside to get American grub
DDown 5:	Doctor protects drug, making injection for certain people only
DDown 6:	Smell bottom of toddler — it's alarming!
DDown 7:	Went round green filling in two holes in order
DDown 8:	Rich celebrity who believes in destiny
DDown 13:	Gets up on time, not good getting rest
DDown 13:	Gets up on time, not good getting rest
DDown 15:	American, however, is extremely thick
DDown 16:	They reckon a bad copper enters section
DDown 17:	Place for knocking shop at the back: make love with rest when light goes on
DDown 19:	Fruity thing with desire to get laid regularly outside
DDown 20:	Upset sergeant major goes off and attacks
DDown 23:	Standard paper to deliver
DDown 24:	Further part for choral society