The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 9th December 2021

There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 9th December 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Composer didn't have 'unfinished', with end of symphony penned
AAcross 10:	Bird or insect beside plant stem
AAcross 11:	Sham flier heading north in gannet, acting like magpie?
AAcross 12:	Under spruce, hole's opening
AAcross 13:	Shag explorer lying back, commander
AAcross 15:	Rogue payment in the news
AAcross 17:	Squawk by old bird, though not old bird!
AAcross 18:	Money returned — woof!
AAcross 20:	Bird — tit
AAcross 22:	Terrible fear in turkey, seeing gull
AAcross 25:	Swallow against birds flying west
AAcross 26:	About right, brief idea for currency
AAcross 27:	Shake tree, perhaps, where there's cuckoo I feed a lot
AAcross 30:	Birds in tree almost caught by dogs
AAcross 31:	More than one bird rises up, it's said?
DDown 1:	See 7
DDown 2:	Novel is by all contributors initially referring to language unit
DDown 3:	Queen caught by pelican, neatly
DDown 4:	Venom bound to stuff a bunny
DDown 5:	Unfortunate scrap defended by jerk
DDown 6:	Bird after song for competition
DDown 7:	Controlled strike at parrot in windy park
DDown 8:	Ultimate characters seen in the magnificent Coptic church make an impression
DDown 13:	Corporation documents, puffed up
DDown 14:	Contract secured by quail for device used on American rails
DDown 16:	Herb has heard bird
DDown 19:	Dove, one perched on hand after uplifting eclipse
DDown 21:	Laud vet following surgery after duck produced eggs
DDown 23:	Leader of Conservatives in bumbling oaf is humiliating disaster
DDown 24:	Cook cooks old birds
DDown 26:	Bottom on turf, great tackle
DDown 28:	Bird laugh
DDown 29:	Some fugitive, as yet loose