The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 28th August 2023

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 28th August 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	What mermaid has to swing from side to side?
AAcross 9:	Demand to be released
AAcross 10:	Bloody unusual choice
AAcross 11:	On appeal, exam papers may be extraordinary
AAcross 12:	Temperature in reservoirs is baffling
AAcross 14:	Soldier uses upmarket tent, having old-fashioned specs	GIGLAMPS
AAcross 15:	One with lots of teeth worries a wife
AAcross 17:	Bring chopper down here, smashing part of mouth into skull
AAcross 20:	A drink where golfer finishes — and starts, we're told
AAcross 22:	Sounded like a pig has nothing put in pen
AAcross 23:	Where reserve judge sits?	ONTHEBENCH
AAcross 24:	Go like the wind?
AAcross 25:	Branded waterway's name as being in wrong order
AAcross 26:	Historic duchy, as standard, has a Duke
DDown 1:	Column's parts lie in ruins
DDown 2:	Article on Spain for you once
DDown 3:	Vetoes keeping Irish children in Scotland
DDown 4:	Wisp of smoke hiding silver feathers
DDown 5:	Stop meeting professional villain
DDown 6:	Taking a break when empty?	ONVACATION
DDown 7:	Helping toy to work
DDown 13:	Mountain's substance: keratin
DDown 16:	As defence against infection, do any bit ordered
DDown 18:	Did a nose so affected make breathing awkward?
DDown 19:	Daughter needs sunshade at start of day
DDown 21:	Hand over plaster covering
DDown 22:	Testament of woman, not us
DDown 24:	Remarkably bare Scottish hillside