The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 20th October 2023

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th October 2023. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 9:	Unknown quantity in series put me off, shocking then
AAcross 10:	Vehicle hit, bonnet gone?
AAcross 11:	Baggy trousers king examined initially, in quick inspection	LOOKSEE
AAcross 12:	Figure butcher's returned fisherman's device
AAcross 13:	Fancy bar
AAcross 14:	A mouthful eaten by Swiss hero before a dance
AAcross 16:	Forward touching on cute header for Tottenham	RETWEET
AAcross 17:	Old actress with Clouseau actor meeting poet
AAcross 19:	Negative response broken by a force that man possessed – when to wed?	NAMETHEDAY
AAcross 22:	Princess married to upper-class lover
AAcross 24:	Good plug secures the entrance of mine
AAcross 25:	See 15 Down
AAcross 26:	A little insecure even, old legal official
AAcross 27:	Foul holes grew cleaner	SHOWERGEL
DDown 1:	Car isn't turning left, south of local line for trains etc
DDown 2:	Film of soup leaves set of teeth
DDown 3:	See 7	MESSI
DDown 4:	Perform weakly twirling round dancer in tutu, though skirts not required
DDown 5:	Several sporting minutes for pitcher, we hear?
DDown 6:	I don't know what my self-flagellation achieves	ITBEATSME
DDown 7:	Tree-hugging English footballer, one great player
DDown 8:	Intellectual leader Liz, PM with foreign money to invest: alarm about that?
DDown 15:	Wingers fine on the wings a day before goal netted by Liverpool, say
DDown 17:	Game where goal preferred?
DDown 18:	A plot has gone awry for biblical fire walker	ABEDNEGO
DDown 20:	See 23
DDown 21:	Mashed smashed — that's it!
DDown 23:	Pushy parent I'm not sure is supportive of high flier