The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th July 2021

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th July 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	File case of overemotional guff
AAcross 9:	Pigment good in water
AAcross 10:	See 24
AAcross 11:	New variation, including a hundred old pieces
AAcross 12:	Fat queen in store …
AAcross 14:	… very different partner in philosophy?
AAcross 15:	Metal once found in bottom of fruit?
AAcross 17:	See 25
AAcross 17:	See 25
AAcross 20:	Laxative one girl fed to another
AAcross 22:	One banked on needing loco — did one?
AAcross 23:	Serving as correction, speed of light accelerating
AAcross 24:	Kick people out, event usually for children
AAcross 25:	Conclusion can't be reached — sigh!
AAcross 26:	Piano piece, both grand and upright, thrashed out	THESHARD
DDown 1:	Only items of quality, every one for my pleasure	NOTATALL
DDown 2:	Covered by maid, ledge gathering dust
DDown 3:	See 22 across
DDown 4:	Humour, vacuous amusement in setting
DDown 5:	Baltic Sea? No, it turns north
DDown 6:	A little sign left in vault
DDown 7:	Preacher's ecclesiastic weapon
DDown 13:	Finished nursing little girl, cut
DDown 16:	Dizzy playing tunes on jazzy day
DDown 18:	Running water options on craft, type of carrier
DDown 19:	Teacher in a flap upended coffee-maker
DDown 21:	How formula for poison is written in capital city
DDown 22:	Little predatory bird, swallow biting leg off
DDown 24:	Reportedly plant weed somewhere in London