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    The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th September 2012

    There are 15 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th September 2012. View the answers below..
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    Number# Clue Answer
    AAcross 9: Be rough in breaking one who's close to you
    AAcross 10: Awfully coy at heart, "Jane without a name" gets a name
    AAcross 11: Turn with snake in the grass
    AAcross 12: Confined section of the theatre gripped by Bottom
    AAcross 13: Grant the ex-president less latitude stifling last vestige of democracy in America?
    AAcross 14: See 24OFPOWER
    AAcross 17: A second city gets senior to cut beastly sound
    AAcross 19: Book setter having day off
    AAcross 20: Steadfast as a king changing sides at the start
    AAcross 21: A tiny amount for meringue maker?
    AAcross 22: Tough, having to accept gag cracking when run down
    AAcross 24: Whitehall's "CID-proof" — or worse — corrupt source of rumours
    AAcross 26: Contemptible sort of king interrupting Louis XIV, briefly
    AAcross 28: A chief of police, breaking restriction, performed a caper
    AAcross 29: Some think the Elgin Marbles were long involved with title
    DDown 1: TV interference once broadcast goes over western tip of Norway
    DDown 2: Woe is me going round on reduced public transport
    DDown 3: With hot drinks, listen out for the largest fish
    DDown 4: Underwear? We may well have seconds
    DDown 5: Cure soft-spun sugar
    DDown 6: Open a ruler up
    DDown 7: Revolution Road's dedicated track
    DDown 8: Nose blocked, eyes streaming? In that case, wear a hat!
    DDown 13: Pushy string player's action, having finished with acknowledgement of applause?
    DDown 13: Pushy string player's action, having finished with acknowledgement of applause?
    DDown 15: Supposedly released by burning local firewood, oxygen entering isn't freed
    DDown 16: US state accepted by Red Cross
    DDown 18: Entry to motorway displays "northbound alternative lager" publicity
    DDown 19: Moving jet-like over a road that's dry
    DDown 22: Trouble when Hardy grabs "smalls"
    DDown 23: Sharpness of mind very lacking in emptiness
    DDown 24: See 8
    DDown 25: Trace a lover of Zeus, thanks
    DDown 27: Stock sum of money that may well be checked
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