The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th November 2010

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th November 2010. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Large chap backing female — as female
AAcross 5:	Thingummy making parties from the left and right sigh
AAcross 9:	Attempt to pinch bottom (Widdecombe's bottom), worthless stuff
AAcross 10:	Marilyn's husband, he with a literary tale?
AAcross 12:	Nelson's ultimate ally, hot maid misbehaving?	LADYHAMILTON
AAcross 15:	Farrier starts to ride stallions, every steed wrapped by Father Christmas, perhaps?
AAcross 17:	Back a turn
AAcross 19:	Well, the answer should __ here
AAcross 20:	One drugged in myth, some years on consuming flower to save time
AAcross 22:	Actor offering setter flower	ORLANDOBLOOM
AAcross 26:	Running, I did so backwards — ouch!	INAROW
AAcross 27:	Filth repulsed in broadcast, commanding attention
AAcross 28:	Hardy novel about capital of Ireland — or of somewhere else?
AAcross 29:	Hot dog filled with hot cat?
DDown 1:	Engagement ring ripped from rampant toad, marriage's ending?
DDown 2:	See 3
DDown 3:	Letters mixed up in this anagram of "Paul has to be the foremost of pillocks!"
DDown 4:	Raid Scrabble tiles J, A, Z, Z, I, L — what wouldn't one give ___ ?
DDown 6:	Old star not widely accepted as deity
DDown 7:	Single European into poet, his artistic interest superficial?
DDown 8:	Dutch in Rhodes (or abroad)	HERINDOORS
DDown 11:	One opens gold sweet
DDown 13:	Hosiery primarily confiscated by officer in dissolute cabinet
DDown 14:	Cash here in place of order for butterfly
DDown 16:	Weed obscuring duck, work to see bird
DDown 18:	Love: it comes up in county as loyalty
DDown 21:	You overlooking partners? Past it and still on the shelf?
DDown 23:	Bulb may be wasted	LITUP
DDown 24:	Biblical character among people, a harlot	LEAH
DDown 25:	Mix porridge here