The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 31st August 2023

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 31st August 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	In the main, might augur set about a captive?
AAcross 6:	Bacon brought home as yet unslaughtered?
AAcross 9:	See 24
AAcross 10:	New palace overseas for Lothario
AAcross 11:	Death ultimately captured by tormented Yeats, for example, in common parlance	ASTHEYSAY
AAcross 13:	Arm better, if leg's bandaged
AAcross 15:	PM with brown ale dancing in nude
AAcross 17:	Shame about grubbiness, that needing clearing out?
AAcross 18:	Thin rakes in back of storeroom? Correct
AAcross 19:	Tailor working in a marketplace
AAcross 21:	Parade flopped with minimum of wonga invested
AAcross 22:	Free crack in plastic I'd seen
AAcross 25:	Survey soldiers entering country
AAcross 26:	Con elected crony
AAcross 28:	First of all, some tabloid, appallingly shabby it seems is where circulation has dropped to zero
AAcross 29:	See 15	BONARLAW
DDown 2:	Australian runner in team, sub regularly used
DDown 3:	Try to sell field
DDown 4:	Boy with drawers off toyed with balls	WORRYBEADS
DDown 5:	Material passed round court relating to lower chamber
DDown 6:	Large tree, birch
DDown 7:	Alcohol-fuelled actor?	VINDIESEL
DDown 8:	Book fighter, third of eight, odd number?	NOVELTYSONG
DDown 12:	First thing in sixth line, technique beyond dispute
DDown 14:	Online editor promoted assistant after rest overwhelmed by success	WIKIPEDIAN
DDown 16:	Crack henchmen controlled areas
DDown 20:	Writer with cups tipped over soda
DDown 23:	Player tiring in the end, one of the Yankees missing second half
DDown 24:	Do succeed, does Queen have to?
DDown 27:	Drink served with gin, when initially announced?