The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 3rd September 2008

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 3rd September 2008. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Never to be beaten at home with half home and board
AAcross 9:	What did you say in the loo about port?
AAcross 10:	I get away with directions to skip
AAcross 11:	It's far from calming to emphasise the possibility of flu
AAcross 12:	Religious man's reluctance to spend if he has a lot of money
AAcross 13:	Food, eggs and toasted sandwiches (starters)
AAcross 14:	Beer's neighbour refuses company award	BRANSCOMBE
AAcross 16:	Carbon here may be a loathsome thing
AAcross 19:	Little distance from island
AAcross 20:	To alter a text is something tremendous
AAcross 21:	See 7	THEYSHALL
AAcross 23:	Reciting "The Harlot's Lament" may be a stimulus
AAcross 24:	Sidney's battle in France unfinished
AAcross 25:	Be a locum at hospital - past crime, seizing gold	HOLDTHEFORT
DDown 1:	See 7	INHERITTHEEARTH
DDown 2:	Rich man takes plunge
DDown 3:	See 7	MEEKFOR
DDown 4:	Landseer's monarchy's end could be lengthened	THEGLEN
DDown 5:	Travel light to support Wolves?
DDown 5:	Travel light to support Wolves?
DDown 6:	Laboratory worker to be entertaining fairy not right in the head
DDown 7:	Deference pays, big time (not so much among flowers: a strong scent keeps subject out): you must back call for silence (exhausted female taking it hard) after you are old (incorrectly)	BLESSEDARETHE
DDown 8:	Cry of relief from Frank Capra! Is Ethel or Doris Waters involved?	PRAISETHELORD
DDown 15:	Could be cloudier but still needs to be refined
DDown 17:	Ask headless chicken to party
DDown 18:	Native American dish on a seat near the ground
DDown 22:	Second left and I'm on my way to the county	SLIGO