The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd September 2020 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd September 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Lie initially told every second by party supporterTALLSTORYAAcross 10: Lie told for whom in France?PORKYAAcross 11: Witch hunt based on lie under oath: say that's not rightPURGEAAcross 12: How to counter lies online in a climate when facts are deemed unimportantPOSTTRUTHAAcross 13: Where you might fabricate truth, or the end of realityFACTORYAAcross 14: Corrupt imprisoned politician expelled, losing nothing, is one in the knowINSIDERAAcross 17: Positioned with prejudice … Boatman is excludedBASEDAAcross 19: Gathering for church service with uncrowned head of stateMASAAcross 20: Replace sound of funky drumbeat with a master track’s first cutREDUBAAcross 21: Stars from the French movie finally to confront awful liesETOILESAAcross 22: Attitudes fixed in time, oddly in dissentMIND-SETAAcross 22: Attitudes fixed in time, oddly in dissentMINDSETAAcross 24: Boatman, shouldering hod etc, I rebuilt shared houseCOHABITEDAAcross 26: Leader of Parliament adopts untruths and fancy footworkPLIESAAcross 28: Bullish attitude to truth: you are allegedly excludedCAN-DOAAcross 29: Club act has change of heart: he's involved in scamTRUNCHEONDDown 1: Blow a high note: put in valveSTOPDDown 2: Cycle rickshaw carrying dean, sayCLERICDDown 3: As one seen circling a star is condemned as idolaterASTEROIDALDDown 4: Firm without any deceit to speak of generates yieldCOMPLYDDown 5: Old clothing for young goyim, regularly seen on the cricket fieldGYMSLIPSDDown 6: Pants on fire, missing point of argumentSPATDDown 7: Underdog, abused but connected to realityGROUNDEDDDown 8: Something read in Deuteronomy? This is not trueMYTHDDown 13: Lie about moral strengthFIBREDDown 15: Quail flock found in tight plastic bindingSHRINKPACKDDown 16: Give the lie to root in U-turnREBUTDDown 18: Freeing from fear of old truth in governmentSOOTHINGDDown 19: Falsify view of security service on countryMISSTATEDDown 22: Fabricated clue for a cheeseMADE-UPDDown 23: Despicable types of false witness wasting timeSWINESDDown 24: See 1COCKDDown 25: Either way, it's a mistakeBOOBDDown 27: See 19 acrossSING