The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 20th September 2011 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 20th September 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Drink pop — quite a large canTEQUILAAAcross 5: See 1SLAMMERAAcross 9: Call "drink's ready" before drivingTEE UPAAcross 10: Raise glasses for final drinkBOTTOMSUPAAcross 11: New product served by pub — cheers!INNOVATIONAAcross 12: Watch Frenchman leaving bankTIERAAcross 14: Think logically about broadcast — air it at once!RATIOCINATEAAcross 18: Mules are leading boys into prickly tall grassCROSSBREEDSAAcross 21: Bitter or mild? No place for it hereACIDAAcross 22: Attacks husband and wife in Coach & HorsesBUSHWHACKSAAcross 25: Plagiarists? Setter has to catch everyone about to be sacked from the castIMITATORSAAcross 26: Stir drink when full to the brimROUSEAAcross 27: Denies beaten army leaves East Germany in disguiseNEGATESAAcross 28: Tax muscles before painful swelling ensuesABSCESSDDown 1: King Edward's voice worn out?TATTIEDDown 2: Technique ensuring clutches for egg layersQUEENSDDown 3: Mischievous maiden hiding in drainIMPOVERISHDDown 4: Confines doctor, key placed outsideAMBITDDown 5: Quietly tell drunk to say when I departSOTTO VOCEDDown 6: Running madly to King's Head a short while earlierAMOKDDown 7: City slam United — that's inexplicable!MYSTICALDDown 8: She might write about beerREPORTERDDown 13: Is posh beer brewed in living quarters?BIOSPHERESDDown 15: Twisting round base of finger causes great painTORTUROUSDDown 16: Cocoa is drunk near opening timeOCCASIONDDown 17: Discerning mixture of gin and tonicNOTICINGDDown 19: Get drunk, eat cold stewSCOUSEDDown 20: Becomes expert at removing top from plantsASTERSDDown 23: Landlord given American plantHOSTADDown 24: Time to knock back whiskyMALT