The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 29th September 2023

There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 29th September 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Nice draughtsman forgetting university in paper, postgraduate?
AAcross 5:	Beetle in middle of wine butt collected by pitcher …
AAcross 9:	… reportedly an earlier insect, perhaps?
AAcross 10:	Instrument in embarrassing condition while, on reflection, needing polish
AAcross 11:	Fancy fancy man later on
AAcross 12:	Party once in row, unable to adapt
AAcross 14:	Wearisome delay, resulting in traditional building work
AAcross 18:	Grass-covered bread for congress?
AAcross 21:	A little eccentric, hippy aura
AAcross 21:	A little eccentric, hippy aura
AAcross 22:	Green growth?
AAcross 25:	A sack filled with sand, unopened, done away with
AAcross 26:	Escape with girl, having dumped writer
AAcross 27:	Great player, tears when beaten mopped up by doctor
AAcross 28:	Career complete, ultimately knackered, went to bed
DDown 1:	Lovely gravy that tastes divine inspires a cricket side
DDown 2:	Burdensome legal procedure?
DDown 3:	Rocket, say, attached to this, pressure crushing crew	STEAMTRAIN
DDown 4:	European city with rearing monster from which I fled
DDown 5:	Compare ten in project with a model
DDown 6:	Some 'yep', only on the contrary?
DDown 7:	Mammal observed peak over lake, looking up
DDown 8:	Predator found game circling one river and another from the south
DDown 13:	Politician and political staff held up in hole, leaving
DDown 15:	Archaeological site where sheep uncovered: clear off around it	SUTTONHOO
DDown 16:	A line company promoted in proper state
DDown 17:	Shakespearean setting I observed in something dull from Cervantes?	ELSINORE
DDown 19:	See 12
DDown 20:	Serve, late in the evening, first of diners
DDown 23:	Shade that is up, from which to get down?
DDown 24:	Immaculate 22