The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 26th June 2020

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 26th June 2020. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Pith extracted from some aforementioned tropical plant
AAcross 4:	See 16 down
AAcross 9:	Squeezing hard, give relative a cuddle before beginning on tennis player	HUGH
AAcross 10:	Ultimately, Marilyn Monroe had to appear ditzy — never mind!	NOHARMDONE
AAcross 11:	Earliest of settlers in a mountain range in India, speechless
AAcross 12:	In wretched fashion, baby consumed by putting up shelves etc
AAcross 13:	Birds currently with holy cow aboard ship heading for Egypt	SNOWGEESE
AAcross 15:	Doctor talks from the rear
AAcross 16:	Light source attached to heel of glass slipper?
AAcross 17:	Refuse to welcome tourists regularly coming back for cake
AAcross 21:	Lady left out of legion
AAcross 22:	Touring subcontinental state, antelope that's a bit petrified
AAcross 24:	Drink from river after red, black and yellow creature?
AAcross 25:	A clear desert
AAcross 26:	Trapper's cry when cuppa arrived?
AAcross 27:	Might one identify paper as shabby?
DDown 1:	Weapon wounded one of the gendarmes?
DDown 2:	Stress-free character seemingly calm, having walked away initially
DDown 3:	Aquatic mammal with 9, everyone said?
DDown 5:	A difficult thing to bear, over
DDown 6:	One having taken another fish, also hooked up
DDown 7:	Cricket side in match with a certain pitch
DDown 8:	See 19	THEDISHWASHER
DDown 14:	Jouster on Shetland pony for hours after work?
DDown 16:	Pack including second two cards — one's worn
DDown 18:	Greek character more intoxicated, we hear, in region of the far north
DDown 19:	Incompetent husband dealing with dirt, so he has to get wife in for chore
DDown 20:	Look inside someone's ear, chortling
DDown 23:	See 9