The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 4th December 2013

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 4th December 2013. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	A sailor lacking refinement said to get some military training	ASSAULTCOURSE
AAcross 10:	Wanderer repeatedly without home
AAcross 11:	Over time does, for example, hold back
AAcross 12:	Contrasts seen in fine art works
AAcross 13:	Silly dons spar about nothing — they're used to cut and thrust
AAcross 14:	Frightened a learner with a gun, say
AAcross 16:	Some split hairs to modernise this Asian language
AAcross 18:	In which, people gamble and endlessly cash in? Not so
AAcross 20:	Leads astray spies holding foreign nobleman
AAcross 21:	Thereby extracted from clips of actors
AAcross 23:	Article from Spanish city that was historically used in fighting
AAcross 24:	Fencers use them to ensure most of enclosure gets put back
AAcross 25:	Fruit tree in a French garden area not explored in depth
AAcross 26:	Cares about large and diverse brood — they are biologically related	BLOODBROTHERS
DDown 2:	They're used by Turks fighting racism — it's wrong
DDown 3:	Mostly hostile states
DDown 4:	Had close relationships with ladies I mistreated
DDown 5:	Naval cutter in dock joined by young woman
DDown 6:	Deceptive and unorthodox kind of service
DDown 7:	Fight in nocturnal creature's home over nothing
DDown 8:	Without a vote, is candid and fresh, unusually so
DDown 9:	Disputed editors cutting things like this, occurring four times here	CROSSEDSWORDS
DDown 15:	Statement of policy, if not same, must be changed
DDown 17:	Legendary brand's former quality, as proclaimed?
DDown 19:	Yield small volume you aim, ultimately, to store in reserve
DDown 20:	As sign, dangerous creature rendered harmless?
DDown 22:	Fish under stone, kind of blue or grey
DDown 23:	Almost swallowed part of apple or pear, say