The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 5th December 2016

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 5th December 2016. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Going to the dogs?	RIDINGTOHOUNDS
AAcross 8:	Yachtsman changing course heard as one making insulting remarks, maybe
AAcross 9:	Ivor's out to become a skilled performer
AAcross 11:	Might one disappear into it at the top of Everest?
AAcross 12:	Tramp a priest converted
AAcross 13:	Teacher's pet is short of time
AAcross 15:	One ringing to warn you of danger?
AAcross 17:	Fool holds sister with strange puzzle
AAcross 20:	Head of school, goody-goody young man
AAcross 21:	Leaving unannounced for an away match
AAcross 23:	He charges a couple of hundred to the employer
AAcross 25:	After Greta perhaps, Ted identified as a victim
AAcross 26:	Protection with strings attached
AAcross 27:	Grant free film in circulation	GENERALRELEASE
DDown 1:	Story with a poor beginning but a capital ending	RAGSTORICHES
DDown 2:	Give a name to first-class city of Arabia
DDown 3:	Ran up share account
DDown 4:	Soldiers welcome sailors inside foreign restaurant
DDown 5:	The bare ingredients of a brew up
DDown 6:	A lump in one's throat
DDown 7:	Paper said to come out and leave no trace
DDown 10:	One looking for scraps may show it
DDown 14:	Wish for a pleasant journey from France
DDown 16:	Form of variety before the ’50s, much as I recollected
DDown 18:	A target set out for a meeting at sea
DDown 19:	Turn, or intend to turn, Communist
DDown 22:	Warm place in the singing lesson
DDown 24:	Open return to southern country