The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 31st December 2021

There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 31st December 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Goatish creature, one into ladies?
AAcross 9:	Horrid type of slip packed by old duchess on vacation?
AAcross 10:	Note close friend's short, a tiny measure
AAcross 11:	Animal control scarce in report
AAcross 12:	'H-Houston! Half of it's broken, we have a problem'	UHOH
AAcross 13:	The very thing left by critical attack when the axe drops?	JUSTTHEJOB
AAcross 15:	Exceptionally cold and definitively negative
AAcross 16:	Mischievous nibble before meal's announced
AAcross 18:	By shop's entrance, father catches sick on back of expensive shoe
AAcross 19:	Look for line expunged in glossy
AAcross 20:	Stiff vigil ending in very famous gardens surrounded by water
AAcross 22:	Bowie number succeeded in the future, 'Tom' having faded out?
AAcross 23:	Cutting deal, regularly handle hard stuff
AAcross 24:	After leaving Turkey, incisive head of state charms
DDown 1:	Lack expression to be obvious	GOWITHOUTSAYING
DDown 2:	She'll be the cause of the problem — Czech female and her male crush	CHERCHEZLAFEMME
DDown 3:	Main malt whisky distiller picked up legally empowered US citizen	GRANDJUROR
DDown 4:	Humorists uncovered cracks through which you might see the world?
DDown 5:	Government department beginning to catalogue current central points
DDown 6:	Spare tyre limp — grease added for repair	MIDDLEAGESPREAD
DDown 7:	Group ethos extremely fresh, excitedly welcoming remote team	QUEENOFTHESOUTH
DDown 14:	Going off, coming down or moving out?	TRAVELSICK
DDown 17:	Swiss-German painter finally taken with English Times, an absorbing paper
DDown 21:	Side with everybody unknown