The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 30th December 2021

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 30th December 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	About time — pull in abdomen desperately (one who's trying to look sexy?)
AAcross 8:	Girl from Welsh valley extremely down about leaving	RHODA
AAcross 9:	Western director screens short story — never mind
AAcross 11:	Wish to keep going round state capital
AAcross 12:	Theatrical friend in hotel, having forgotten new address	HORATIO
AAcross 13:	Temper! Losing head a lot
AAcross 15:	Big game reserve visited by a Member of Parliament?	SUPERBOWL
AAcross 17:	Pound's poetry, one admitted, having a lot of charm, initially
AAcross 20:	Occupying room as on-off lodger, might you say?
AAcross 21:	'Excellent beer' in review for Crown and Sceptre?
AAcross 23:	Victory? Sore loser back in touch is claiming one …
AAcross 25:	… bloke's a show-off! Think he could be desperate	FANCYDAN
AAcross 26:	Wife's responsibility mostly to children
AAcross 27:	Feel terrific — holy orders (not RC) providing a comfortable situation	THELIFEOFRILEY
DDown 1:	Do exercises in bad shape to begin with — they won't bring much joy	PARTYPOOPERS
DDown 2:	Romance a special one? Not half!
DDown 3:	Naive and stupid, snorting cocaine earlier
DDown 4:	Aim to have day in American hills
DDown 5:	Neither down about college failure
DDown 6:	Liberal entering has been received topless — he'd get an eyeful!
DDown 7:	Assume it's a 'no' for replacement gifts
DDown 10:	Horny as hell, dropping spades — it maybe could lead to this
DDown 14:	Paper on strike cutting the supply
DDown 16:	Nudge when maintaining one's balance
DDown 18:	Helping one ingenue to conceal affair	INAIDOF
DDown 19:	Use up reserves of energy mating — stop! (both stripped)
DDown 22:	Pub grub like this shouldn't be too fattening
DDown 24:	Mike's gone back in lead perhaps