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The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 25th September 2015
There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 25th September 2015. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Damn brilliant?
AAcross 5: Award lower degree after third from London?
AAcross 9: Given support as in difficulties, evidently distressing on every front
AAcross 10: Pose altered wearing absurd theatrical make-upNOSEPUTTY
AAcross 11: Responsible adult resentful — minding hell for the most part?
AAcross 11: Responsible adult resentful — minding hell for the most part?
AAcross 12: Possibly a Christmas cracker to pull thus contains letters on a pencil in red, say?
AAcross 14: A lifesaver, as bloom catches showers
AAcross 18: A sucker, one who is no longer in love with farming?EXTRACTORFAN
AAcross 21: Embarrassing defeat, as swimmer drops head
AAcross 22: Wild thing joining clubs as a swinger?TIGERWOODS
AAcross 25: See 3
AAcross 26: Spraying of tear gas ultimately a shocking police tactic?
AAcross 27: That will teach you maths, other examples to some extentSOTHERE
AAcross 28: Shock provided inside nappy material
DDown 1: Overweight insect embodying a pair of insects, might you say?
DDown 2: Nerves, small quantity within muscles
DDown 3: Guardian spies (no lie) out to steal Times leader — that's corporate skulduggery
DDown 4: Bloke biting tail of huge, agile carnivore
DDown 5: More compact packing is preferable, primarily, for pharmacist
DDown 6: Innocent, possibly, as a satirist
DDown 7: Stranger diet, sour balls
DDown 8: All the possibilities in a US state, fine and good
DDown 13: Just about survive seeing nurse possibly pocketing wad, unexpectedlyTREADWATER
DDown 15: Frightfully nice trait is involved
DDown 16: Unblinking female lacking features on the head?
DDown 17: Group claiming tycoon is a harlot
DDown 19: Capital once cut, reported shortly as showing little growth
DDown 20: Item no longer in pubs, hard to lose — is lost!
DDown 23: Occurrence where detainee finally gets let out
DDown 24: See 12