The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th February 2023

There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th February 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Minister backed intervening in harbour subject to tremors
AAcross 8:	Leading measure when considering steam?	AHEADOF
AAcross 9:	Nut, losing head, with shift of active enthusiasm
AAcross 10:	Take a long time consuming a lot of pretty drinks
AAcross 12:	Limitations on soup — cold or hot?
AAcross 13:	On the off chance, accepting second note in additional amount
AAcross 15:	Beam and grate left unfinished
AAcross 16:	A new outburst dismissing universal apprehension
AAcross 17:	It's coming now — a lot of odd ideas about oneself
AAcross 18:	Also (according to report) Times not open about women in couples	TWOBYTWO
AAcross 20:	Key point rejected, as far as celebrity is concerned
AAcross 21:	One eliminating small old city in type of game
AAcross 22:	See 1
AAcross 24:	Against accepting defeat? One’s in the soup
AAcross 25:	Quick to carry a blade
DDown 1:	Musician’s accessories lacking colour, getting the bird
DDown 2:	Visual adjustment subject to forcible separation
DDown 3:	Ill-mannered clamour about pop group curtailed
DDown 4:	Right about blocking call for a quicker approach
DDown 5:	Accessory, Louis Vuitton article, containing new item of jewellery
DDown 6:	See 17 across
DDown 11:	One in leading group savage about Liberal boasting
DDown 12:	Mammal calculating tail not needed
DDown 14:	Argument about recipe: he and his wife had very varying dietary tastes
DDown 16:	Former area far from the coast, not island
DDown 17:	Jilted bride experiencing losing no-good fraud	HAVISHAM
DDown 19:	Soup book is rather lacking in sex appeal
DDown 20:	Turned up literary detective (not the old woman) — such writing is over the top
DDown 21:	Knight getting silver, engaged in challenges in times long ago
DDown 23:	See 21