The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th June 2008

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th June 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Contrarian to go astray, drinking Calvados, wanting a cocktail
AAcross 9:	Nation and its typical weather shown to boy from another
AAcross 10:	Advertisement for doctor
AAcross 11:	Say something insincere about European city
AAcross 12:	See 19	SAUVIGNON
AAcross 13:	Help to reverse scarf's expansion
AAcross 14:	Whip receives salutation - it's often found in small print
AAcross 17:	Eloquent character, one finishing cake amid company
AAcross 19:	Drunken sot craving drop of Niersteiner, Beaune or the like?
AAcross 22:	Pouts petulantly about new look on top - on top
AAcross 24:	Leave service, relinquishing right to join up again
AAcross 25:	Have youngster left in primitive accommodation
AAcross 26:	Finding turnip top in sink before a party is torture
AAcross 27:	Double room a steep outlay: we're 8, said 17	OTEMPORAOMORES
DDown 1:	Nonsense about Church backing learner to perform tricky manoeuvre	DOUBLEDECLUTCH
DDown 2:	Plant girl round peak
DDown 3:	City man stashing diamonds
DDown 4:	Cast laid off in the compound	ACIDSALT
DDown 5:	Love - including love of vessels
DDown 6:	Half-whimsical island
DDown 7:	Make mincemeat of counteroffensive
DDown 8:	Stadium-bound in decline?	GOINGTOTHEDOGS
DDown 15:	Claim memory is preserved by this philosophy?	AVERROISM
DDown 16:	Admirer finds time on the Continent for composition
DDown 18:	Blood-feuder's pill contains uranium	CAPULET
DDown 20:	It's unjust for one river (Burns's) to rise above another	NOTFAIR
DDown 21:	Repeatedly voice disapproval of clanger
DDown 21:	Repeatedly voice disapproval of clanger
DDown 23:	Strong drink secures explosive discharge