The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 5th April 2023

There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 5th April 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Europe is able to control a leak
AAcross 6:	Lionesses, in their element, top this!
AAcross 8:	Initially shocking commotion, with chap circling extinct mammal
AAcross 9:	Alastair, on edge, did some housework inside
AAcross 10:	Brummie, no good house painter!
AAcross 11:	Obelisk, rough and hard, matey
AAcross 12:	Famous neighbourhood joint accepts relief regularly
AAcross 15:	Discharge from energy undertaking
AAcross 16:	Crown wants everyone to turn over last of the bones
AAcross 19:	No more old tax surplus
AAcross 21:	Seasoned fighter's craft
AAcross 22:	Serve as comedian, performing around one
AAcross 24:	Writing 'share certificates' at end of document
AAcross 25:	A gas explosion involving Ross Sea
AAcross 26:	Tube that is inverted in vivisection — extremely
AAcross 27:	Study, shift and change mail direction details?
AAcross 27:	Study, shift and change mail direction details?
DDown 1:	See 6 across
DDown 2:	Brown rejected name associated with mountains — genuine
DDown 3:	River's hard work — go away
DDown 4:	Make distinguished eastern quarter of Aberdeen count, perhaps
DDown 5:	Old fossil, one cast in 'Hackneyed'
DDown 6:	Stocks possibly of less worth in Flanders' banks
DDown 7:	Does more than is needed as a blacksmith's protective footwear?
DDown 13:	Overwhelming downfall of sailors heading off with an iconic revolutionary
DDown 14:	We contrived with lieutenant to break mother's fall down a mountain?
DDown 17:	Wearing away a god, Zeus's lover, with determination ultimately
DDown 18:	Vast extent of land area is lost without uranium
DDown 20:	Prevailing mood of China? Cut power off first!
DDown 22:	Neptune's promise to keep left?
DDown 23:	Band guarded by Samoa's islanders