The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th August 2020

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th August 2020. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Senior on back end of dinosaur in TV show	DOCUSOAP
AAcross 9:	Winners detailed in ancient city
AAcross 10:	Artist missing article in least satisfactory glossary
AAcross 11:	Good to shave hairy back, twisted or plaited, initially
AAcross 12:	Just beaten — like apples?
AAcross 14:	Headbutt PM in dark
AAcross 15:	Leaders in race on Arctic trek caught by your old husky
AAcross 17:	Flipped ball catches me going the wrong way	GONEMAD
AAcross 20:	Waste container and lifting mechanism getting a nut turned round?
AAcross 22:	Able to bounce back well, like billionaires?
AAcross 23:	Back-stabbing braggart, son a sociopath controlling family
AAcross 24:	See 10
AAcross 25:	Goddess soon afterward in hospital department?
AAcross 26:	Rocked — Neptune's slayer, reportedly?
DDown 1:	Block of stone in coalpit oddly disappearing in a few weeks
DDown 2:	Courtyard, where first of crew lost
DDown 3:	See 22 across
DDown 4:	Weapon on fire, launched in fight
DDown 5:	Certainly rare, yet tragic past
DDown 6:	Drink for a man? Relative of Isaac, say
DDown 8:	See 24
DDown 13:	Competitor breaking record in mucky film?
DDown 16:	Cloth wiping head from below before massaging under nipple
DDown 18:	Prayer used, gain converts
DDown 19:	Girl filling empty shoes, slippers?
DDown 21:	Tricky, describing wading bird?
DDown 22:	Just like that, a crimson rose
DDown 24:	Possible killer on board, clue so hot?