The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 27th October 2023

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th October 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Test one conservative holding back effort diversifying unions
AAcross 9:	Shakespearean villain trapping maiden for mature monarch, say
AAcross 10:	Isolated high point providing some satisfaction, but only some
AAcross 11:	A low place for bargaining is producing indignities
AAcross 12:	Rubbish that queen may have to bear
AAcross 14:	Run in without importance in attractive fashion
AAcross 15:	Condemned left-winger embracing what's wrong
AAcross 17:	Take to house from food store very shortly
AAcross 20:	Guided a returning assistant in state capital
AAcross 22:	Made call that's failed without a line
AAcross 23:	Person whose job is summarising a short book or penning small treatise
AAcross 24:	Creative efforts are raising the stakes, first of all
AAcross 25:	Perhaps Indian Mutiny's leader imprisoned in end
AAcross 26:	Reaching crescendo without middle C, like Four Seasons' variations
DDown 1:	Push through deep exit frenetically
DDown 2:	Site of mausoleum consumed in conflagration
DDown 3:	Damage politician in one broadcast
DDown 4:	Disorganised nonsense in note
DDown 5:	Is interrupting the speaker about repeated plea for mercy
DDown 6:	Piano then fiddle I learnt as composer
DDown 7:	Accommodation that subsumes second accommodation
DDown 13:	Blue Danube is in this outing – hired Brendan in two cases
DDown 16:	Twice daily event for island set up, open to change
DDown 18:	Kind of blue, counterpart of shocking pink?
DDown 19:	Supply again includes assorted parts for rockets
DDown 21:	Be upset when trapped by girlfriend in argument
DDown 22:	Scrambled draw at home – he considered selection, naturally
DDown 24:	It's said to accompany a will from home