The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd September 2016

There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd September 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Soldier, having inhaled phosphorus, is carried by retiring fighting unit
AAcross 5:	Oil, not iodine, inserted in wings, which are merely ornamental
AAcross 9:	American's level account
AAcross 10:	Performance object one included in jazzy intro
AAcross 11:	Eyeing Pisa's movement? Never!
AAcross 12:	Ruler's quiet sigh
AAcross 14:	Entertainer who needed a get-out clause?
AAcross 18:	A Simpson involved in statement to be resolved, even with this
AAcross 21:	See 28
AAcross 22:	Ruin what you do, separating messily in NYC
AAcross 25:	Cool things: duchess's means of cutting a fine figure	ICESKATES
AAcross 26:	Wanderer's audible pain, understand?
AAcross 27:	Enable English gardener to absorb pressure?
AAcross 28:	Barber Eddy won't see kinks
DDown 1:	Immense head of state in rich setting
DDown 2:	Low note money
DDown 3:	Bill takes pity, moving colleague in an unusual way
DDown 4:	Battle scene when belittled US leader breaks agreement
DDown 5:	Well, I never put Troy in Ascot wear	FANCYTHAT
DDown 6:	Meat cut row announced by Brummie?
DDown 7:	Whiskey Bob's dance	IRISHJIG
DDown 8:	Scorer's outburst of hedonism?
DDown 13:	Very old insertion in fugue, too vague to be dated	OUTOFVOGUE
DDown 15:	It echoes some features on a tortoise
DDown 16:	Street swamped with drugs in extensive area of Manhattan
DDown 16:	Street swamped with drugs in extensive area of Manhattan
DDown 17:	Clued anagrammatically, without depth, and finished "get real close"	CUDDLEUP
DDown 19:	Web before its inception was large organisation's joke
DDown 20:	Heartless, sneaky, zany guy's opposition of three?
DDown 23:	Haven — nothing like a militant group
DDown 24:	Bias of south London gardens