The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 19th July 2012

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 19th July 2012. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Home county backing to gain weight? Blimey!
AAcross 5:	Temperature not quite reduced by restricting sulphur in America — struggles
AAcross 9:	Beryl's second character?
AAcross 10:	Haunted, hassled and impregnated by knight king — not appreciated!
AAcross 11:	Trailer showing Mafia on French island getting Mo back to plug the ambassador?
AAcross 12:	English novelist, it's said — and the sort of press correspondent he once was?
AAcross 14:	Rigged local consent to get rid of line — China's last resort	CLACTONONSEA
AAcross 18:	My colonel, he'd limp (when pronounced, 24 26)	CHOLMONDELEY
AAcross 21:	Infantry dismisses chosen test cooler
AAcross 22:	First leg of rail commuter's journey: coach to go in the specifically provided container?
AAcross 25:	Disillusioned with a particular song, so no longer broadcasting	OFFTHEAIR
AAcross 26:	Maybe Vivien or Mike's winter transport failing to start
AAcross 27:	Submissive type of crucifix rejected by Mother Teresa, initially
AAcross 28:	Sire acquiring energy — with 9 + 4 is nominally said to be 21 6
DDown 1:	Tropical plant's a mess when crushed by earth
DDown 2:	Figures rocks brim full of hydrogen and oxygen
DDown 3:	Take action against wrongly parked car with part of boot against back of traffic light?	WHEELCLAMP
DDown 4:	Scottish meadow, hectare, that's horrible
DDown 5:	Temple too fancy: it stands emblematically
DDown 6:	Writer's seaside location broadcast
DDown 7:	Fancy comedy partner, moreover
DDown 8:	Team (part Spanish one?) of stars
DDown 13:	Powerful Dicky on top of a shrub
DDown 15:	Hypocritical talk about working relative (a sort of letter)
DDown 16:	Support for public execution from small, vulgar eating place, behind the times
DDown 17:	Caught in tornado, poor fellow's head is moving both ways
DDown 19:	Not new, to apply decoration that's showy
DDown 20:	Two articles on river to which bees are attracted
DDown 23:	Lifted sacks, revealing character's foot, say
DDown 24:	China's much maligned