The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd September 2021

There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd September 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Drive bishop away from bumpiest ground
AAcross 5:	Bird box commotion
AAcross 9:	Elite revolutionary stirs soft drink
AAcross 10:	Rigid measure from head of state
AAcross 11:	Sound made by files was revolting
AAcross 12:	Colleague having tea with firm first
AAcross 14:	Devoted to razor-sharp side on field	KEENON
AAcross 15:	Went round gallery guarded by staff
AAcross 16:	Here's fine wine — no good abstaining!
AAcross 18:	Dissent remains after new uniform rejected
AAcross 20:	Mayan peeled onion sent over for religious leaders
AAcross 21:	Philosopher's son argues from time to time
AAcross 24:	Part of Jamaica, principally a holiday resort
AAcross 25:	Springing like cannibals with misplaced energy?
AAcross 26:	Discuss inserting pinch of spice as sauce ingredient
AAcross 27:	Gloomy doctor relays conclusion to patients
DDown 1:	Bring about popular return of disbanded force
DDown 2:	Gift that is beneath host
DDown 3:	Spell of maidens during match
DDown 4:	Starting to develop recipe in kitchen range
DDown 5:	A bogus RAF choir assembled, admitting right number	SCARBOROUGHFAIR
DDown 6:	Overseas post put strain on landlords	AIRLETTERS
DDown 7:	Rhetoric about priest's leaning
DDown 8:	Potential source of explosion toppling bloody leader
DDown 13:	Disruptive Latinos cunningly infiltrated by spies
DDown 16:	Where Spooner's queen may go in casual headgear?
DDown 16:	Where Spooner's queen may go in casual headgear?
DDown 17:	Person on outdoor holiday chasing small beetle
DDown 19:	What's found on the coast, apart from Kent etc
DDown 22:	Avoids decision ruling out hard borders
DDown 23:	Female sheep from the south with curly tail