The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 18th September 2020 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 18th September 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Scientific solver admits he is perplexed by abbreviation of name on computerAPPLIEDMATHSAAcross 9: Force cutting signal, energy maintainedIMPELAAcross 10: Crop circles as chopped down seedCASHEW NUTAAcross 11: Sultan leaves homeSALADINAAcross 12: See 19FAIRIESAAcross 13: Had thug sent suggestive signal?HOODWINKEDAAcross 15: Work done, thus holds backOPUSAAcross 18: Two short tools for foolHOAXAAcross 19: 1917 18 across where infant lying, funny feeling justified, one certainly admitsCOTTINGLEYAAcross 22: Channel carrying hydrogen across its lengthTHROUGHAAcross 24: See 18 downDIARIESAAcross 25: Feeling of great happiness about black plantEUPHORBIAAAcross 26: Scorer has run out of play, perhaps?SATIEAAcross 27: 1995 18 across: a deception say, not up for reviewALIENAUTOPSYDDown 1: Ladies and gentlemen carrying father up and down over peak in America, spotted horseAPPALOOSADDown 2: Man's place in 1912 18 across, left in hole beneath one's feetPILTDOWNDDown 3: Member of old empire, preserved?INCANDDown 4: Sour cream offset with acid, nothing lessDISAFFECTDDown 5: Plant ice axe initially under murder victimABELIADDown 6: Feature of Riyadh, an oil-rich capitalHANOIDDown 7: Stick wobbly bottom in goulash, being vulgarKITSCHDDown 8: Stoppage in force once beginning to slowSTASISDDown 14: Fear of novelty washer in replacement of a hip boneNEOPHOBIADDown 16: Girl almost taken in by trivial predictionPALMISTRYDDown 17: Unruly as punks, one finally arrested comes quietlySNEAKSUPDDown 18: Murder riled screws, first sign in 1983 18 acrossHITLERDDown 20: Country quarantining small spaniels?YESMENDDown 21: Hair and metallic mineral stinkFUROREDDown 23: Fend off leader of pirates in filmREPELDDown 24: Selection of people: four originally darn trousersDRAFT