The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 13th September 2018 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 13th September 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Decorated old woman at match embarrassed about nothingBROIDEREDAAcross 6: No time for homely fashionsMODESAAcross 9: Demands pounds in speechNEEDSAAcross 10: Humourless politician with a stern style a bit like Trump's?POMPADOURAAcross 11: Politician and tennis player, without hesitation the top celebritiesFEDERALISTAAcross 12: Water's about to oozeSEEPAAcross 14: Height certain to collect rubbishSTATUREAAcross 15: Untidy heap containing red, decomposing shrubEPHEDRAAAcross 17: Work extra hard after holiday to produce something old and saucy?CATCH UPAAcross 17: Work extra hard after holiday to produce something old and saucy?CATCHUPAAcross 19: Singer is good in loose cloakDOMINGOAAcross 20: Knowing about a murderSLAYAAcross 22: Their horses are in front, running a bit closerCABRIOLETSAAcross 25: Shown to be exonerated, five releasedINDICATEDAAcross 26: Turkish community is said to adjoin old Russian communityIZMIRAAcross 27: Month in which car manufacturer lays off workers, finallyNISANAAcross 28: Vital chaps who help rulersCOREGENTSDDown 1: Prohibition on very loud Canadian resortBANFFDDown 2: Port's beginning to drop floating structure, causing a financial problemOVERDRAFTDDown 3: Drug that is suspect makes one deeply agitatedDISTRAUGHTDDown 4: Check made by engineers on regular beat?REPULSEDDown 5: Valley outside the borders of my French estateDEMESNEDDown 6: One has ditchwater? There's nothing that's dull about it!MOATDDown 7: Girl with poem in the tubeDIODEDDown 8: Modern music on sound system in street party, a form of tortureSTRAPPADODDown 13: Cleaning mess — what's humiliating about that?SHAMPOOINGDDown 14: Breakaway meeting involving London's financial district?SECESSIONDDown 16: Poser of threat, desperate fellow? Foreigner no longer our enemyDANGERMANDDown 18: Malleable president finally in chargePLASTICDDown 19: One enthralled by left-winger repeatedly turning up as a mockerDERIDERDDown 21: Conductors with no love for the mountainsANDESDDown 23: Rich man making appeal for help, having hoarded goldSOROSDDown 24: Examination less than barely adequateSCAN