The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th May 2023

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

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Fed up and ready to spit feathers?
AAcross 8:	Revolutionary party that can impart pressure to overcome resistance
AAcross 9:	University charges department that is first to send delegates
AAcross 11:	What attempted to correct young virtuous person in book exam
AAcross 12:	Reading article in need of editing
AAcross 13:	What boozer, on reflection, must welcome?
AAcross 15:	Poor chap tried going for almost nothing
AAcross 17:	One term is confused with another shorter one
AAcross 20:	Extremist partly responsible for dreadful tragedy
AAcross 21:	What is hypothetically supported by the Guardian?
AAcross 23:	Lead would not be used for this drill component
AAcross 25:	Crude relic that's not entirely ruined
AAcross 26:	Keep taking ecstasy and be sick
AAcross 27:	Tentatively offer excellent financial backing
DDown 1:	Helping to support criminal belied careful thought
DDown 2:	Hesitate to state women must come first
DDown 3:	Short-tempered Blairite upset about what finishes off Starmer
DDown 4:	Made uncertain progress close to indistinct and strange light source
DDown 5:	City uprising captures a former leader thereof
DDown 6:	Reporter's credit follows work associated with the Observer
DDown 7:	Handling of patient's request ends in open court
DDown 10:	Great swimmer's way of stopping water getting into trunks?
DDown 14:	Dome's coverage of scene from musical?
DDown 16:	Royal household's popular sequence of dates?
DDown 18:	Dog is tense and more likely to stray by the look of it
DDown 19:	Steal from IT company's distribution like Android?
DDown 22:	Place to have food and gather
DDown 24:	Change plug fitting