The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 21st September 2020 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 21st September 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Live to become fatherBEGETAAcross 4: Nags husband foully, we hearHENPECKSAAcross 8: Completely fail to take the Underground, son?GODOWNTHETUBESAAcross 10: Pollutant in a Jersey ditch?ACID RAINAAcross 11: Encouragement to start releasesLETSGOAAcross 12: Shin keeps itching in fleeceSHEEPSKINAAcross 15: One bald unexpected remarkAD-LIBAAcross 17: Spread over SpainPASTEAAcross 18: Take an age to score a singleTWENTY-ONEAAcross 19: Popular artist's cover announcedRAPPERAAcross 21: A small cat, not one from an Indian stateASSAMESEAAcross 24: Promenade in accordance with lawCONSTITUTIONALAAcross 25: Wanders listlessly, very keen for space travelMOON SHOTAAcross 25: Wanders listlessly, very keen for space travelMOONSHOTAAcross 26: Such surgery scares a lot — not all coming backLASERDDown 1: Prose garbage, rewritten for the stage?BEGGARSOPERADDown 2: So singled out for pietyGODLINESSDDown 3: London tourist attraction, one exerting a pullTOWERDDown 4: Bash gate as one way to get outHITWICKETDDown 5: Carol and boyfriend?NOELDDown 6: Old taxi worker in high spiritsEXUBERANTDDown 7: 3s, for which one has permanent possessionKEEPSDDown 9: Cheat who hands out too many cards?DOUBLE-DEALERDDown 13: Time for a friendly game of footballPRESEASONDDown 14: Muse tends to confuse — it's inevitableNEEDSMUSTDDown 16: Details not finalised, so one's led into errorLOOSEENDSDDown 20: Sort of finish picturePHOTODDown 22: Poor Lear, interrupted by one from another playARIELDDown 23: Sound sad, vision being cut shortSIGH