The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 26th September 2016 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 26th September 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Boss promises to be hard-workingSTUDIOUSAAcross 9: Bird returns like this to quarryOSPREYAAcross 10: Show amusement as Romeo is caught in a trapGRINAAcross 11: Alcohol in science fiction always gives beastly sicknessSWINEFEVERAAcross 12: Bob has to fasten item of clothingBOW-TIEAAcross 12: Bob has to fasten item of clothingBOWTIEAAcross 14: Change of rota has municipality in outrageATROCITYAAcross 15: Knight invested in gleaming decorationsFINERYAAcross 17: Take exception to Egyptian leader retiringDEMUREAAcross 20: The Spanish girl has a party in the Land of PromiseEL DORADOAAcross 20: The Spanish girl has a party in the Land of PromiseELDORADOAAcross 22: Measures spasms appearing after operationOPTICSAAcross 23: Plunder left for killjoySPOILSPORTAAcross 24: Gloria's heartless greetingHALOAAcross 25: Top man to kill in the USBODICEAAcross 26: Tiny tree ruined foreverETERNITYDDown 1: Go for prominent aristocratSTART-OFFDDown 2: Ulster party rejected godODINDDown 3: Rodent eating Sunday's dessertMOUSSEDDown 4: Happen space traveller has regretCOMETRUEDDown 5: Stimulant initially could blight the aristocracyUPPER CRUSTDDown 6: Ruler, for example, fills the breachREGENTDDown 8: April's novel corkscrewSPIRALDDown 13: It isn't done to fabricate a complaintTENDONITISDDown 16: A copper involved in roll in sports carROADSTERDDown 18: Intensify destruction of a celestaESCALATEDDown 19: Gloomy king beset by wild animalMOROSEDDown 21: Student gets suitable work for computerLAPTOPDDown 22: Shop's exitOUTLETDDown 24: Deer's posteriorHIND