The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd January 2020

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd January 2020. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Big money, cigars … not one involved in this	BRITAINS
AAcross 5:	Peace and love? Left first to cut through pretence
AAcross 9:	See 22
AAcross 10:	Wife's getting frisky with actor on Peaky — not a good one	ANASTY
AAcross 12:	Herbert's story entertains a majority of regulators
AAcross 15:	Exercise in order for man?
AAcross 17:	Queen stage musical review — initially it's repetitious
AAcross 18:	Bird (Romeo's second) managed to break bed
AAcross 19:	Tame! Newcastle after setback having big clear-out
AAcross 20:	See 10
AAcross 24:	Selfish being last to come and first to leave
AAcross 25:	Press release about bishop — it's explosive
AAcross 25:	Press release about bishop — it's explosive
AAcross 26:	Maneater makes advance prince rejected?
AAcross 27:	Developed at last the battery's storage capacity
DDown 1:	Books turned up in seconds, one after the other
DDown 2:	Hosts banquets, taking quick look round inside — Duke's not there!
DDown 3:	Free bar — I'm full to capacity
DDown 4:	Required to stop poverty, no end to sick state's failing
DDown 6:	Greeting Henry with hot drink outside
DDown 7:	Remain in Mulholland Drive?
DDown 8:	Jennifer finally leaving as Johnson was dressing
DDown 11:	Guardian's German writer taking one in (as I do here)
DDown 13:	See 1 across	GIGECONOMY
DDown 14:	Strange about a king turning into stone
DDown 16:	Poor shot selection at start splits Mark's supporters in opening frame
DDown 21:	She has nothing over Ruby	FREDA
DDown 22:	Variable working horror — cue to act over numbers initially on it?
DDown 23:	See 22