The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th April 2023

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th April 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Providing energy, dainty sweetheart for 24?	IFEELFINE
AAcross 10:	Pup with 24?
AAcross 11:	Rock hurtled into French cottage
AAcross 12:	Behind seaside structure, more choppy
AAcross 13:	23 down 23 down for 24?
AAcross 14:	Amateurish player stuffing ex-Wimbledon champion Serena, initially brazen
AAcross 16:	'Garpen' for 24?	PAPERBACKWRITER
AAcross 19:	Bent course, one's twisted at first
AAcross 21:	Bird, a ton in stomach
AAcross 22:	See 13
AAcross 22:	See 13
AAcross 23:	Procession where heart broken by 24?
AAcross 24:	Not a soul hit?	NOONE
AAcross 25:	White stone in lake rolled back onto flower
DDown 1:	In good condition, hollow round circles - like so?
DDown 2:	Unit of computer processing speed, for example, a failure after problem's back
DDown 3:	Current fashion in leisurewear, a bit retro?
DDown 4:	See 18
DDown 5:	King entering battle with new cavalier, pessimist
DDown 6:	Promise broken by Paul's wife in budgie smugglers, perhaps?
DDown 7:	Mog given food, though not all — and stroke
DDown 8:	Pole blows up
DDown 14:	7: one held up by Matisse after some tickling?
DDown 15:	Tube put in ground, we hear, for grower in fields (always)?
DDown 17:	Spooner's kick up the backside for US drink
DDown 18:	Second film editor working for 24?	TICKETTO
DDown 20:	Right leg, bit above it	SPOTON
DDown 21:	Grass that comes up just the same
DDown 22:	Part of lettering on gold medal, perhaps
DDown 23:	I'm off food, by the sound of it?