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The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 28th December 2016
There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th December 2016. View the answers below..
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Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: They ruminate about ex-PM not reaching a conclusion
AAcross 4: Bemoan period of doing without cakes before noon
AAcross 9: Magridal Bizet's penned in city by the TarnALBI
AAcross 10: Longed to receive team's kit with lined motif
AAcross 11: Exactly what the bare-bosomed have rejectedSPOTON
AAcross 12: Perish, then arise miraculously in this hymn?
AAcross 13: Head of municipality to pull in favours for thriving areas
AAcross 15: See 16
AAcross 16: It's easy to rouse Irish port, according to Spooner
AAcross 17: Bacterium gets bought, we're told, or gametesGERMCELLS
AAcross 21: Sacrifice no time in playing Bach motet
AAcross 22: Symbol of peasant's morbid and empty life
AAcross 24: Tenor disheartened in melody fit to be forte
AAcross 25: Stern king with sensitivity for music
AAcross 26: They collect scraps of some early jazz pieces
AAcross 27: Tinker half-heartedly with perfumery's ultimate potpourri
DDown 1: Seductress's lacy pants with edging of pearls round
DDown 2: Son tucked into goose; he sought seconds
DDown 3: The French show attack on Turks
DDown 5: Patriotic work, extremely American, but not US?
DDown 6: Strike off priest I meant to reform
DDown 7: Fixture to support curtain feature
DDown 8: See 14ANDDANCEABOUT
DDown 14: Fuss over Madonna, due back on a stage to be choreographedMAKEASONG
DDown 16: Composer's moving tear, captivated by French horn
DDown 18: Speechless about group's bagpipe
DDown 19: What may soothe infant with head dropping
DDown 20: Hum and turn round — that is rhythmic music
DDown 23: Motor lubricant but not one for a girl