The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st December 2022

There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st December 2022. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Acts like a farrier and drives off noisily
AAcross 10:	Quite agreed setter has books as compensation
AAcross 11:	Duke not stuffy with fellow member, a milk producer
AAcross 12:	In Spain, little point in one's getting hungry
AAcross 13:	A classic car craze? Working at it	BUGATTI
AAcross 15:	See what's being said of cheek scan
AAcross 15:	See what's being said of cheek scan
AAcross 17:	Lunar cycle related to a bone
AAcross 18:	The Guardian has women going for a female first
AAcross 20:	Spruce up second half cold treat with one
AAcross 22:	Sudden financial gain means ruler overcomes misfortune
AAcross 25:	Baronet welcomes alternative school soup
AAcross 26:	Performing with German in state dance
AAcross 27:	Combination of city and sea, not a representation
AAcross 30:	Nile-dweller's pupils in formation?
AAcross 31:	Drive time in upland area
DDown 1:	Exhausted, soaked — do's off
DDown 2:	Emotional about upping sticks?	MOVINGON
DDown 3:	A cast that's tree-like
DDown 4:	Lives in a row of shops — bliss!
DDown 5:	Form of Roman law, not a western standard
DDown 6:	Safe with a musician? It's hard to say	PETERPIPER
DDown 7:	Heartless perverse pole dancing individuals
DDown 8:	Brace of trout initially confiscated by state
DDown 13:	Bar advanced during mass
DDown 14:	One ends period at home by a hill
DDown 16:	Hated fancy curtains
DDown 19:	Fortified, Brummie turned up and performed aircraft manoeuvre
DDown 21:	Victim of offhand attempt to abandon centre
DDown 23:	Famous group member's news welcomed by Trotsky?
DDown 24:	Talk given by drunk, describing Victorian streets after dark?
DDown 26:	Informal address given by pioneer of bacteriology to an audience
DDown 28:	'Foot' is how Biden introduces himself, initially?
DDown 29:	Grey, perhaps, almost before one's time