The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 13th May 2022

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th May 2022. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Adult female has messed about with speed	FULLSTEAMAHEAD
AAcross 8:	Way to bitch regularly — not if this
AAcross 9:	Stage name of chairman carrying large first book?	MALVOLIO
AAcross 11:	Film literally produced down under	AMADEUS
AAcross 12:	Proverbial madman on tail of nervous wreck
AAcross 13:	Simpson breaking bugger's back where fights occur
AAcross 15:	Blast, say, dynamite left by sailor around vacated emplacement
AAcross 17:	Unpredictable state — storm is brewing
AAcross 20:	Bent solver caught by question
AAcross 21:	Cherished getting nonsense on tap
AAcross 23:	Rabble-rousing shunning leader in newspaper issue
AAcross 25:	Yacht leak to be fixed
AAcross 26:	Way to work on sadly curtailed mission
AAcross 27:	Deviant sex in cemetery introducing good ways to escape	EMERGENCYEXITS
DDown 1:	Meal deal might be used by him, if served up with drink shortly beforehand
DDown 2:	Sponge John having picked up a bit of fluff
DDown 3:	One who follows somebody on Radio Four, ultimately
DDown 4:	Service breaks in general essentially all together
DDown 5:	Masculine types work for wimp
DDown 6:	Commotion in area south of back-to-back houses
DDown 7:	Unreasonable dunce would be this	ABITTHICK
DDown 10:	Through these you can see jockey ride lions — wow!	ORIELWINDOWS
DDown 14:	Current example in New Street covered by press
DDown 14:	Current example in New Street covered by press
DDown 16:	Get rid of character abroad, caught by international venture being withdrawn
DDown 18:	Old tax office work finally getting a little tedious
DDown 19:	One refusing to buy anything
DDown 22:	Mathematician once picked up in tanker
DDown 24:	Starts to interrupt reporter, asking questions in a form of Arabic