The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 13th May 2020

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 13th May 2020. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Typecast in play, initially hope for change
AAcross 10:	Away from the borders, raid a hostile state
AAcross 11:	Chair here (own Scots pine, for example)	AINTREE
AAcross 12:	Oversexed pair flopping with film
AAcross 13:	Poet in old film
AAcross 14:	One could get fleeced here in court — lawyers principally stick together	WOOLSTAPLE
AAcross 15:	Careful of the short gap at end of runway
AAcross 17:	Understand about opening heart in solemn procession
AAcross 19:	Team given extra exam
AAcross 22:	Greta's short dress
AAcross 23:	This thus inhibiting business graduate?
AAcross 24:	Fish dish, head removed, filled with new parsley, perhaps
AAcross 26:	Turned over papers by the light
AAcross 27:	Around time of arrival of train, leap out
DDown 1:	Festive polka he'd danced, an unexpected turn-up
DDown 2:	Entering police speed trap, one gets nearer
DDown 3:	Dreadful-sounding colourist
DDown 4:	Type of sporting grey coat
DDown 5:	Red line covers a page in centre of worship
DDown 6:	Diplomat's car back shortly
DDown 7:	Male creature and baby get much more intense
DDown 8:	Arrogant, having an IQ of 150?	TOOCLEVERBYHALF
DDown 16:	Non-contributory benefit for railway staff?	FREERIDE
DDown 17:	Insistent solicitors are cold with people displaying emotion
DDown 18:	Waste energy on coat I took in
DDown 20:	Blame for spilling marmalade, just having opened preserve
DDown 21:	Speed effortlessly through part, not needing this?
DDown 25:	Speaking plainly, not top level