The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 19th December 2013

There are 17 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 19th December 2013. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Araucaria's day — important with a 9
AAcross 4:	Some bread on better sort of desk
AAcross 9:	Our moment the mark of love — guarantee a number captivated by 100-year celebration finally coming around
AAcross 10:	Steps taken to back fringes in Zionist decree
AAcross 11:	Neanderthal's comment about evildoing
AAcross 12:	Heavenly composition of Satie — little room to accommodate it
AAcross 13:	Dr Seuss's hat-wearer brought back hat — that's touching
AAcross 15:	Farm managed to divide farm produce the wrong way
AAcross 17:	7 good to keep in a dark hole? On the contrary
AAcross 19:	9s, we could argue, in part for mankind
AAcross 22:	Range of features I knitted together with one suspect?
AAcross 24:	Flier — something to take with it
AAcross 26:	A jet won't start, I'm sad to say
AAcross 27:	Wealth in a Bath or Chelsea trip?
AAcross 28:	In New York World's case, 25's ultimate access to cipher
AAcross 28:	In New York World's case, 25's ultimate access to cipher
AAcross 29:	Judge the character of Jenny?
DDown 1:	Far from pure setter perhaps outlining principles (we hear) in academic cruciverbalism, named Ximenes	MACNUTT
DDown 2:	Biblical character, model from Somalia, eating nothing up
DDown 3:	Relaxed and informal — though hard on the way back?
DDown 3:	Relaxed and informal — though hard on the way back?
DDown 4:	Standard wine label
DDown 5:	Solver's Scottish isle
DDown 6:	Reproof left man tired at first, during the course of life
DDown 7:	See 1 across
DDown 8:	Shifty hooligan not entirely revolutionary
DDown 14:	See 9
DDown 16:	Extremes in a despot, remarkable
DDown 18:	Difficult few days in trophy
DDown 19:	Right this day in New York initially, a new, extraordinary 9 inventor
DDown 20:	Torquemada's hamster tortured	MATHERS
DDown 21:	Take over something at the top of the flagpole, say?
DDown 23:	Country's capital city its old capital has moved to
DDown 25:	See 19	WYNNE