The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th May 2017

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th May 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Detective's behind convenience store	JOHNLEWIS
AAcross 10:	Reason reporter's dressed to anger animal activists
AAcross 11:	Zidane's refusal to get club's kind of shirt?
AAcross 12:	Extremely abrasive music could be metal
AAcross 13:	Hearts broken from wails in parliament?
AAcross 14:	I'm amazed by old people's investment
AAcross 15:	East Londoner's trial, after hiding queen's jewellery
AAcross 17:	Slight injury is no handicap
AAcross 19:	Thatcherite maybe stirring up a rebellion
AAcross 22:	Spies in Jerusalem uncovered bones
AAcross 23:	Shock: divas to undress, partly
AAcross 24:	Machine's secure, stopping end revolving	TWINTUB
AAcross 26:	Cover musical composition with verse included
AAcross 27:	Speculate British artist is a fashioner of busts	WONDERBRA
DDown 1:	Rock and roll's first grand hit, with Joe Strummer	DJANGOREINHARDT
DDown 2:	Retailer's name in credit
DDown 3:	Make unclear, novel advert cut short
DDown 4:	New boy dips into illicit money, a career-ending moment
DDown 5:	Horridly vacuous cops running around in film
DDown 6:	Spooner's to rent clothing for terrier?
DDown 7:	Arm broken by fellow when climbing Italian building	UFFIZI
DDown 8:	Labour's beast trashed May: "An abhorrent leader of idiots"	ERYMANTHIANBOAR
DDown 16:	I'm giving up, overwhelmed by current state of US injustice
DDown 17:	Function assumed by Poles or Greeks
DDown 18:	Experimental equipment fixed up underground — about time!
DDown 20:	Green welcoming tax rises in fixed interval
DDown 21:	Four card players wrapping party gifts
DDown 25:	How month starts to turn cold