The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 26th May 2023

There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 26th May 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	It could play music in USA: Simply Red’s best CD released
AAcross 4:	See 1
AAcross 9:	Handle books: take off sticker
AAcross 10:	Way boss ultimately added to company expenses
AAcross 11:	Play a shot in the lead
AAcross 12:	Step in time, free rein when dancing to provide entertainment
AAcross 13:	Caught child’s toes dropping piano: they may get put out by foot
AAcross 15:	Substitute with rest punching match official
AAcross 17:	Load of women with a curvy figure
AAcross 19:	Have sex with risk? Her husband is late
AAcross 22:	Bore to compose film score
AAcross 24:	Mostly stick on port wine
AAcross 26:	Figure of speech from Hamlet’s closing line
AAcross 27:	Shoot gangster? Weapon that might be raised with smoke
AAcross 28:	Mock exam’s last part: writer’s quote is the wrong way round
AAcross 29:	Hidden camp housing soldiers
DDown 1:	Conservative supporting column by party researcher
DDown 1:	Conservative supporting column by party researcher
DDown 2:	Bark on this Labrador upset it
DDown 3:	Cutting off oil giant’s supply
DDown 4:	Adult on drink clutching sober partner
DDown 5:	Empty drawer containing ice cube? One might
DDown 6:	Get grease in bits: it may be found by a child in spring
DDown 7:	See 1 across
DDown 8:	Worries about the first dental problem
DDown 14:	Newly-wed carrying on with nurse in place behind the scenes?
DDown 16:	Small type of cow: one with disease
DDown 18:	Heading for court, if Trump is lying about deal
DDown 19:	Boring date — back on eHarmony, ultimately
DDown 20:	Accept once more a duke in post
DDown 21:	Stand during reckoning: what might come out of one’s mouth?
DDown 23:	Lifting toe on foot, hard for the old
DDown 25:	Love song around noon playing on the radio