The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 3rd May 2016

There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 3rd May 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Gibraltar has one that doesn't sound gay
AAcross 5:	Fashion a newspaper business
AAcross 9:	Beauty is friendly and goes back round
AAcross 10:	Not mean to secure 6 within
AAcross 11:	A quantity of drink is both good and bad
AAcross 12:	Ephemeral idea heard on Radio 4	THOUGHTFOR
AAcross 13:	Wait, as most MPs do with their seat at the next election	HOLDIT
AAcross 14:	Long to eat a T-bone, making passionate speech
AAcross 16:	Domino's about to cross town	STAFFORD
AAcross 19:	Leaves alone, having you to follow?	LETSBE
AAcross 21:	Old express service in city has a long way to travel	WELLSFARGO
AAcross 23:	Over age, losing spectacles, it's reported
AAcross 24:	See 12	THEDAY
AAcross 25:	Outrage? It's minor, yet needing correction
AAcross 26:	Nun alert? Unfortunately, put out of her mind
AAcross 27:	Make secret garden almost admitting officer
DDown 2:	Put on brave face in heat: think ice not to be ordered
DDown 3:	One working the soil turns up tricky problem: two metres need replacing with nitrogen
DDown 4:	Youthful age at which one drops out
DDown 5:	Leaving the plane, one may use this free, fitted with copper and gold
DDown 6:	Noisily drink up, touring a camp
DDown 7:	Shipyard worker in a state, having to change direction over time
DDown 8:	Confused medic struggling with adult boobs
DDown 15:	How giant becomes gallant, in the words of the musketeers	ALLFORONE
DDown 17:	Need paying, as summer is almost over	FALLDUE
DDown 18:	River suffered, losing part of its length	DERWENT
DDown 20:	Child torturing mice is symbolic
DDown 22:	You should go in for a theatre part