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Thursday, 2nd October 2014

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd October 2014. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Clothing a couple of unknowns, tailor had a stylistic mode of floral design
AAcross 9:	See 26
AAcross 10:	The cracks in slippery surface required further assessment
AAcross 11:	Stuffed in general election, bitter
AAcross 12:	Those charging club, perhaps, as one selling pork pies?
AAcross 13:	Series of bars as animal restraint, ultimately — walker free?
AAcross 15:	Illegal drugs in clothing
AAcross 18:	Beauty got to her feet?
AAcross 20:	There's silence after one's pushed flexible tube into sheep	MUTEBUTTON
AAcross 23:	Attitude in US puritans abandoning lake for capital city
AAcross 25:	Fish, one in a warm stream?
AAcross 26:	A god involved in heinous act as entering bar, not a ripple to be seen	FLATASA
AAcross 27:	Hole provided between gold and diamonds
AAcross 28:	Surgeries' tender, qualified as medical worker
DDown 1:	Cavalryman admitting first parts of puzzle difficult, attempts the teaser	LAPDANCER
DDown 2:	Liquorice flavouring (seedless) in relish, most nutty
DDown 3:	High table with odd locking device
DDown 4:	Thought control in the end proving visionary
DDown 5:	Entering bar, there is drunk with bishop and right little yapper!
DDown 6:	Shape-shifter tries to shift after a little time
DDown 7:	Symbol of the British nation, not that it will crumble, all may conclude?
DDown 8:	Fresh start for rider, as pedestrian
DDown 14:	Salt, surfeit going over a friend
DDown 16:	Where King John's powers were diluted with weak alcoholic drink, say?	RUNNYMEDE
DDown 17:	Might one be popped in quotes, perhaps?
DDown 19:	Novel on crack, the whole thing?
DDown 21:	See 5
DDown 22:	Those crowned heads in outrageous leotards entering bar
DDown 23:	Service industry job ends up in a class of its own
DDown 24:	River, perfect river

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