The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 5th September 2023

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th September 2023. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Don't attach much importance to power — give up
AAcross 8:	Don't attach much importance to power — give up
AAcross 9:	Troublesome place with an effigy?
AAcross 10:	I need source of metal, Al? Wrong!
AAcross 11:	Expert awfully nice about financial gain? The opposite
AAcross 12:	Backward boy, not about to become a chemist
AAcross 14:	Most primitive aristocrat that is a good man?
AAcross 15:	Stone tool in hotel ground
AAcross 17:	An eleven dismissed, not half worried
AAcross 20:	College gym by end of term in financial difficulties?
AAcross 22:	Explanatory figure lacking a couple of letters together
AAcross 23:	Being put out, goad union's dinosaurs
AAcross 24:	Well off, hiding nothing and gawping with awe
AAcross 25:	Think much of Paul?
AAcross 26:	School group getting a toy package
DDown 1:	Strangeness seen in a time where deceit is hidden
DDown 2:	See 24 across
DDown 3:	Clever move possible to get voucher?
DDown 4:	Like a deficient cellist maybe, carrying on regardless
DDown 5:	Versatile newspaper's feature — a relay race?
DDown 6:	Making fun of it, as they would be!
DDown 7:	Stops Shakespeare's Peter being heard?
DDown 13:	Hospital executive is such a gossip
DDown 16:	Excessively keen to start with, maiden maybe grabbed the reins	TOOKOVER
DDown 18:	Woman very old to get married? It's not admitted
DDown 19:	Rebels in 'shocking units' led by soldiers
DDown 21:	Little bird — one finally given tag
DDown 22:	Rubbish ex-PM, creating upset
DDown 24:	See 10