The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 20th September 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 20th September 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Establish bank in the Old TestamentPROVERBSAAcross 5: Tots of a divine drinkADDSUPAAcross 9: Strong soldier gets crippled in a danceFLAMENCOAAcross 10: Stingo obtainable in barsINGOTSAAcross 11: Some English getting old with appealENGAGINGAAcross 12: Soldier takes a risk with a manoeuvreASKARIAAcross 14: With a degree, true: his work is not polishedAMATEURISHAAcross 18: Put at risk and enraged at the finishENDANGEREDAAcross 22: How scholars are reported to be stretchedTAUGHTAAcross 23: A Stainer composition? Well, possiblyARTESIANAAcross 24: Good boy with a vehicle for hireGHARRYAAcross 25: Workers' accommodation - not hard finding quarters in the West IndiesANTILLESAAcross 26: Modern art exhibition said to droopNUTATEAAcross 27: Like a footballer once at large, I'm fireproofASBESTOSDDown 1: Train serpent not to increasePUFFERDDown 2: Point blank ProtestantORANGEDDown 3: Unknown green sources needed to supply the demand for itENERGYDDown 4: Spinal injection no longer in vogue?BACK-NUMBERDDown 6: What's dead and gone is around in modified formDINOSAURDDown 7: PC's radio works from time to timeSPORADICDDown 8: Jumble over one revolutionaryPASTICHEDDown 13: J. Arthur's family, or in shortOTHERRANKSDDown 15: Imprisoned with torture - ultimate decency abandoned - well-known figure involvedPENTAGONDDown 16: Descriptive term, in short, wild taunt for an officerADJUTANTDDown 17: Miscreant surrounds house of hermitANCHORETDDown 19: Cheese curtailed by deathDEMISEDDown 20: Get about 1cc of drink, which can be a boreGIMLETDDown 21: Lay up one's knowledgeGNOSIS