The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 20th October 2009

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 20th October 2009. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Veteran who's broken a leg with Stratford regulars?
AAcross 6:	See 26
AAcross 8:	Movie showing about 2am in prison	CATWOMAN
AAcross 9:	Change in school's top speller?
AAcross 10:	Governor having trouble in court
AAcross 11:	Undress corpse after crossing two rivers	STRIPOFF
AAcross 12:	Inventive Scotsman caught in embrace of precocious young girl	MCADAM
AAcross 15:	Curse God when badly afflicted
AAcross 16:	Large amounts secured with these?
AAcross 19:	Live on the edge
AAcross 21:	Disconnection noted, so whips round with whip-round
AAcross 22:	A comedian, Thatcher's first chancellor
AAcross 24:	Car used by Fiesta tester
AAcross 25:	Fat Duck's starter found by A1
AAcross 26:	JFK once lied?
AAcross 27:	Thursdays off? No, rather than yes, in the army college	SANDHURST
DDown 1:	Port where sailor has a car, reportedly
DDown 2:	Lagged behind as diamonds led, after a lot of money put up
DDown 3:	For which term "opera" may muddle your heads?
DDown 4:	Group formation
DDown 5:	Point to sort of brakes one found in auto store
DDown 6:	Cheeky lad, one that steals fish
DDown 7:	I chilled out touring fine old English city	LICHFIELD
DDown 13:	Beaten at chess, I'd messed up
DDown 14:	Perhaps tigers with long hair taking a short cut	MANEATERS
DDown 17:	Cat lost in the middle of the rec area?
DDown 18:	One of the ups and downs, off and on	SNOWDON
DDown 20:	See 6
DDown 22:	Oddly balding, the ship's captain
DDown 23:	The same fruit pastry