The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th December 2021

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th December 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Elaborate on line in bill, leading man to appeal	TICKLETHEFANCY
AAcross 9:	Forced to rise, being directed across sierra
AAcross 10:	Greek city's grain brought across current Turkish borders
AAcross 11:	Badger short of phosphorous compound
AAcross 12:	Exile keeping unruly racists in order
AAcross 13:	Lawman, it's said, puts down government supporters
AAcross 14:	Society invested in remedy for affliction
AAcross 15:	Seabird uncommon in Atlantic state
AAcross 17:	Transport bacon — ham's off!
AAcross 20:	Conductor against accepting old van on motorway	MANTOVANI
AAcross 22:	Name adopted by conventional poet
AAcross 23:	Smart painter regularly showing bends in track
AAcross 24:	Colourful result of hitting buffers?
AAcross 25:	Trained stagehands do it, confounding expectations	AGAINSTTHEODDS
DDown 1:	Senseless victims in the crime bled horribly	THREEBLINDMICE
DDown 2:	Consider empty rectory, taking steps to provide leisure activity
DDown 3:	Overdue improvement on the side
DDown 4:	Wearing crown of England during studio broadcast
DDown 5:	Works up references in support of unopened congress
DDown 6:	Craft gathering round a major vessel
DDown 7:	More subtle control upped following stir
DDown 8:	Nearby chemists supply home flu protection, might you say?
DDown 14:	Head for crowded raucous square where ecstasy's to be had?
DDown 16:	See 2
DDown 17:	They'll cheat hotel over chops with right stuffing
DDown 18:	Nothing fixed without a carpenter's tool
DDown 19:	Prisoner and guard meet head on
DDown 21:	Took a picture featuring African browser