The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 18th August 2023

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 18th August 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Raft with hole initially lost at sea — not one of these then?
AAcross 5:	Body in garage, head of hair covered in drink
AAcross 9:	Eleven in a room evens out, one's assumed
AAcross 10:	Recalled by wife, occasional bear hugs ending in nookie — it's exciting!	WHOOPDEDO
AAcross 11:	Abyss, constant by inference?
AAcross 12:	See 11
AAcross 14:	Dubious pal, one happening to admit copying in the end — doing this?
AAcross 18:	Agricultural system in formation of TUC, say?	CROPROTATION
AAcross 21:	Limb on nameless animal for security device
AAcross 22:	On bed, so set for whipping, bend over backwards
AAcross 25:	Indication of risk to bank direct, possibly?	BADCREDIT
AAcross 26:	See 21
AAcross 27:	Taken to the airport, say, from Cardiff, one escaping to the West	SEENOFF
AAcross 28:	About food, Spielberg film booked for a later date?
DDown 1:	Food around which fire skirts — served so?
DDown 2:	Drug I took after work
DDown 3:	Lines at end of book about sweet capers
DDown 4:	Lid off delving tool, device dug into horse's flank
DDown 5:	Waspish insect has eaten one for breakfast
DDown 6:	Range and length problematic, say, for openers?
DDown 7:	Farm cleaner with novel disinfectants primarily introduced to tube from below
DDown 8:	Want marker secured by strand
DDown 13:	23 series on miracles, astonishing
DDown 15:	Grasp Bob the Rat, though caged
DDown 16:	Local requirement to decorate a thousand or a million, say	ICECUBES
DDown 17:	Breakfast time?
DDown 19:	State of European geese, as seen in flight, when caught by duck
DDown 20:	Squat where agent keeps spare tyre?
DDown 23:	Celebrated, like musical work?
DDown 24:	Australian PM taking a percentage of popular vote