The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 25th September 2018 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 25th September 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bubble that irritates second-rate movie star?BLISTERAAcross 5: Deal with vexed solicitor on the phoneSORT OUTAAcross 9: Suspicious sailor retraced Cuban's stepsRUMBAAAcross 10: Man from our sphere transformed?SUPERHEROAAcross 11: Children paired for walking races feigned distressCROCODILE TEARSAAcross 13: 7 academics and students crossUNIXAAcross 14: Cruelty always preceding sex, in skivvy's caseSEVERITYAAcross 17: Useful headgear, they say, for a horse raceHANDICAPAAcross 18: Prophet taking his son back is looking olderAGESAAcross 21: When nothing went right — nothing! — he'd often say so, angrilyONEOFTHOSEDAYSAAcross 23: String of cars transported Democrat round Ohio, principallyMOTORCADEAAcross 24: Considering the odds, trust your coachTUTORAAcross 25: Clouds over rescue vessel impeding retreatsDARKENSAAcross 26: Virgin placed in lower recessed tomb, historicallyPYRAMIDDDown 1: Flyer's attempt to cross riverBIRDDDown 2: Going under gangster's arm, it'll raise the temperatureIMMERSION HEATERDDown 3: Shock as pioneering PM ditches QueenTHATCHDDown 4: Those left without uniform to hang outRESIDEDDown 5: Trader moving comparatively freely round islandSUPPLIERDDown 6: Artist, prig at heart, secures collector's itemsRARITIESDDown 7: Android perhaps showing how things are done in theatre?OPERATING SYSTEMDDown 8: Red sky is beginning to turn with brisk pace to the northTROTSKYISTDDown 12: Space needed in Slough after Mothers' Union expandedMUSHROOMEDDDown 15: One particular service a strain for AnglicansAIR FORCEDDown 15: One particular service a strain for AnglicansAIRFORCEDDown 16: What travels within France's country tracks?PATHWAYSDDown 19: Like to strip off when retiring or having a snoozeASLEEPDDown 20: Journalist re-stocked it, ordering pensEDITORDDown 22: Good clear networkGRID