The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st January 2014

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st January 2014. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Offer covered by crude oil drive
AAcross 4:	Archaic treatment of shy bats captured in photo
AAcross 9:	City's answer — good god!
AAcross 10:	Needle skipped with Nail's boozy song	NELLIEDEAN
AAcross 11:	Check legionnaires housing barrack
AAcross 12:	Changing to more modern, out-of-bed sort of romantic activity?
AAcross 13:	Being born in phase of Scorpio's an outstanding feature
AAcross 15:	Game runner falls back
AAcross 16:	A long way from Guy swapping one for another one
AAcross 17:	Carrier bag for which Nigel gets little recognition?
AAcross 21:	Lives away from one's house with Rex and four flipping good players
AAcross 22:	Articulated bicycle worker/seller
AAcross 24:	Gore, the presenter: "Here's a classic comedy episode"
AAcross 25:	Red light area of selective Toronto
AAcross 26:	Intellectual greats giving stupid person curt response?
AAcross 27:	Songbird's prestigious transport
DDown 1:	Stocking Evelyn Waugh's Back Entrances in large display?
DDown 2:	Very gloomy game opponent
DDown 3:	Fools, being put on, depressed things?
DDown 5:	Hot vent attached to social beehive?
DDown 6:	Dissident revolutionary is outside
DDown 7:	Gully, its centre replaced, becomes death-like
DDown 8:	2 +15's display of examples of bookish monks' work?
DDown 14:	Fish rubbish annoying woman	BULLTROUT
DDown 16:	Dancer's habit of setting up band brother with Destiny
DDown 18:	Pears lost to grass
DDown 19:	Ship's circle collared by tosser
DDown 20:	Superb sort of force from an earlier age
DDown 23:	Was raised to be a cheeky type