The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 2nd September 2021

There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd September 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Enjoys drink after chum's come around	LAPSUP
AAcross 5:	Tree choked by parasitic plant in a miserable state
AAcross 9:	Guardian boss goes after officer — factual accounts shouldn't be this!
AAcross 10:	Poor cast includes three from Swedish group
AAcross 11:	Food enthusiast gobbles starter for lunch
AAcross 12:	Chase down weak animal round with heart aflutter	RUNTOEARTH
AAcross 13:	A pair of females streak, creating disturbance
AAcross 14:	Make familiar sound of a zany
AAcross 16:	Bombast from silly rich Tories is to be ignored
AAcross 19:	Home help with a superior manner keeping quiet
AAcross 21:	Publicist with gift for concealing decline
AAcross 23:	'Little river' one will present here
AAcross 24:	Simple fellow eating nothing gets wind
AAcross 25:	A socialist gets to sit back inside, being detained
AAcross 26:	Idiots given notice — such must face the reckoning
AAcross 27:	Something handed out for daughters to tuck into — it's child's play
DDown 2:	Pleasant life or still life?	ABOWLOFCHERRIES
DDown 3:	Tongue-tied Oxford don to make love with hesitation	SPOONER
DDown 4:	Artist dunking pencil into beer
DDown 5:	Mother figure spreading heavenly food around party
DDown 6:	What gives some gripes — tomato sauce
DDown 7:	A drop of rain once more elevated river
DDown 8:	Bizarre ban — all I must eat's a Scotch egg, some claimed	SUBSTANTIALMEAL
DDown 15:	Put in lodgings right by unusual tree in courtyard
DDown 17:	Silk suits more crumpled I'm to get rid of
DDown 18:	Revolutionary with others turning up in compound
DDown 20:	Examined? That's not new after half-term
DDown 22:	Relations to make trips, heading off