The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd August 2019

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd August 2019. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Warmer on entering flat in south- central England?
AAcross 6:	Old Czech dissident, keep left
AAcross 9:	See 26
AAcross 10:	When twin has dropped in, visiting house, passing comment	LASTWORDS
AAcross 11:	Where test may be good after racket covered up by politician	HEADINGLEY
AAcross 12:	Star reversing in luggage van
AAcross 14:	Beside fire, quivering with anticipation
AAcross 15:	Sprinkles powder on tidied hair, both at the back and fringes
AAcross 17:	Politician serving suggestion with eggs, reportedly?	HAMMOND
AAcross 19:	Self-pitying politician, finally removed
AAcross 20:	Sinister character I back
AAcross 22:	Before getting squeezed round back of cupboard, leaning to one side
AAcross 25:	Other art, I suspect, is rougher
AAcross 26:	Politician 18 hit once
AAcross 27:	County politician ousts king	CLARE
AAcross 28:	Awkward without 18?
DDown 1:	So-called rubbish artist
DDown 2:	Barking, mog admits arrogance
DDown 3:	Where American car may be a great deal below average, man!
DDown 4:	In the end, provocative footwear used, oddly, for pastoral work
DDown 5:	Is card between pair of diamonds swell?
DDown 6:	Politician dismissing case of rabble
DDown 7:	See 24	VERDE
DDown 8:	Point penned by editor in politician's comic	LESDAWSON
DDown 13:	A blunder with fee almost embarrassed — to be paid back
DDown 14:	Not believing when a jerk admits crime
DDown 16:	Sweet thing, a Scot unfortunately beset by wind
DDown 18:	Politician's baby
DDown 19:	Island where politician arrived without me
DDown 21:	A pain going uphill, plod
DDown 23:	Europeans dressed up in lederhosen, a disaster	DANES
DDown 24:	Top always top in dominant European country