The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 14th September 2018 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 14th September 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Part of Tennessee Williams' last "hip" production: morose, electrifying Marlon initially in the leadMEMPHISAAcross 5: High price — necessity, perversely to secure botched DIYTIDY SUMAAcross 9: Who gives a swinging piece of wood about Newton?DONORAAcross 10: Come across as "fair excited" — touching!LIGHT UPONAAcross 11: "Smudge" gets to identify an apostleFINGERMARKAAcross 12: See 21FROMAAcross 14: Extinct species of the orc, mouse, bats …HOMO ERECTUSAAcross 18: See 23HOUSE ARRESTAAcross 21: Come out of Met's production — bad formSTEMAAcross 22: Toilet renter reported an American officerLIEUTENANTAAcross 25: Being southern, suggest "Rubicund" as a pop group nameSIMPLYREDAAcross 26: Fruit pieces: see insideMELONAAcross 27: Works jammed with poles, which might need extractingTONSILSAAcross 28: Sally's custom: collecting chamber potsRIPOSTEDDown 1: No rocker provided key's final changeMODIFYDDown 2: Kent's transformation after mother, grandmother and daughter playMANANDDDown 3: One who takes after Trotter, the western villain?HORSETHIEFDDown 4: Deal twinned with medium US citySALEMDDown 5: Ornamental stone tree? Yes, around about one thousand dollars!TIGERSEYEDDown 6: Computer input is one bit overDATADDown 7: Distinct columnar layouts, a hit on stageSEPARATEDDown 8: To belittle a musical note is ultimately futileMINIMISEDDown 13: Wide path, a mere folly, that has its highs and lowsWEATHER MAPDDown 15: Ruin archaeological work at artist's festivalMARDI GRASDDown 16: All it needs is the board to engage in battle of witsCHESS SETDDown 17: See 2SUPERMANDDown 19: See 7TABLESDDown 20: Not about to be taken in by expert now!AT ONCEDDown 23: You mustn't leave your home in such a stateUNDERDDown 24: Town of southern France one missed, being elsewhere at the timeALBI