The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st August 2020

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st August 2020. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Council hit, I say
AAcross 4:	Light a master of sci-fi briefly recalled that seems familiar
AAcross 9:	S?
AAcross 10:	Crawl with cops inside room	SNAILSPACE
AAcross 11:	Cut I had, or wound
AAcross 12:	Hot, no?
AAcross 13:	Idiot picks things up — but this one won't	CLOTHEARS
AAcross 15:	K?
AAcross 16:	See 15
AAcross 17:	T?
AAcross 21:	G?
AAcross 22:	Arid region: I've found it right in middle of South Africa
AAcross 24:	Author after Medusa, perhaps, tasty Italian fare
AAcross 25:	A mousy grey
AAcross 26:	Badly treat five hundred — and four …
AAcross 27:	… two more, ten in group and the others cut
DDown 1:	Triumph dropping vicar into bucket
DDown 2:	Bird's call for service in New York?
DDown 3:	See 23	OFSTONE
DDown 5:	Queen of mystery: queen wearing boot but no cap	ELLERY
DDown 6:	P?	APPLECORE
DDown 7:	Expose fanciful husband of Aunti Ash?
DDown 8:	Agent right to avoid conflict, believe it or not?	FACTORFICTION
DDown 14:	Later today, that man's name covered up by drunk
DDown 16:	Tear into solicitor and get high
DDown 18:	See 9	OFSTATE
DDown 19:	Range of particular faculty so heartbreaking?
DDown 20:	Plan a female, perhaps, read out
DDown 23:	O?