The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 19th September 2018 There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 19th September 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A race of tossers?PANCAKEAAcross 5: Sailor's first thought to acquire marine weaponSIDE ARMAAcross 5: Sailor's first thought to acquire marine weaponSIDEARMAAcross 9: Henry had six weeks, not even taking fourWIVESAAcross 10: Refreshing place, Newgate ForestTEA GARDENAAcross 11: Criminally assist operatic website, masking fingerprintAIDANDABETAAcross 12: Permission to leave last of the porridgeCONAAcross 14: MP, perhaps, in place of barrister?MIDDLETEMPLEAAcross 18: Uncle's villa I let out with no extra chargesALL-INCLUSIVEAAcross 21: See 12GEEAAcross 22: Crazy picosecond of peering into peopleENDOSCOPICAAcross 25: Opening a manuscript, change in case we forgetAMNESIACSAAcross 26: Resistance to dressing for ceremonial officeMAYORAAcross 27: Avoiding alcohol, French priest to preserve by adding saltDRYCUREAAcross 28: No way at first for nasty types to be executed, no date being fixedSINE DIEDDown 1: Keep handling fruitPAWPAWDDown 2: State prosecutor found at bottom of Russian riverNEVADADDown 3: Tending to agree ant's head is only half consciousASSENTIENTDDown 4: They exist in actuality and in potentialENTIADDown 5: Make fewer pronouncements, being displacedSTATELESSDDown 6: Old port in the woodDEALDDown 7: Strip of paper better, say, submitted to prince informallyANDYCAPPDDown 8: They protect brains of women in gestationMENINGESDDown 13: He may have to fight racism, even in disguiseSERVICE MANDDown 13: He may have to fight racism, even in disguiseSERVICEMANDDown 15: Describe where prepared food is eaten after cookingDELINEATEDDown 16: Railwayman taking over his place in frontVANGUARDDDown 17: Tree's strong desire to shoot up in islandALDERNEYDDown 19: Best friend thus rendered incapable of dropping litter?SPAYEDDDown 20: Unwarranted alarm about carbon being in short supplySCARCEDDown 23: Band that holds cut flowersOASISDDown 24: Gets value intermittently for cheated brotherESAU