The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 28th September 2020 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 28th September 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Brief extract from impressive unfinished bookEPITOMEAAcross 5: Find fault with round metal toolNITPICKAAcross 10: Motif retraced around part of stringed instrumentFRETAAcross 11: Master's translated letter for hands-on workerSEAMSTRESSAAcross 12: Soldier carrying artist's signGEMINIAAcross 13: Old Ottoman guide, a bore, going to a sultanate in ArabiaDRAGOMANAAcross 14: Spooner's other half meeting old king in confined spaceCUBBYHOLEAAcross 16: Carry clubs in small containerCADDYAAcross 17: Overweight women given a death sentenceFATWAAAcross 19: Pain relief for north American with broken leg detained in the Far EastANALGESIAAAcross 23: Food fit for leave-taking?FAREWELLAAcross 24: Soup recipe secured by painterBORSCHAAcross 26: TT (travelling by truck?)ONTHEWAGONAAcross 27: Infant born before sailor gets by in the endBABYAAcross 28: Condition endlessly applied to limits of the lawSTATUTEAAcross 29: Shingle broken up for old printing typeENGLISHDDown 2: Newcomer's music upset audience finally leaving concert hall, sayPARVENUDDown 3: Source of thread in suit woven for someone from central Africa?TUTSIDDown 4: Champion footballer visiting a hospitalMESSIAHDDown 6: Points in short typeface set up ready for useINSTALDDown 7: Puncture found after rope breaksPERFORATEDDown 8: Eccentric person eating only skimmed milk-based sauceCUSTARDDDown 9: Sly dog dangled bananas for insectDADDY LONGLEGSDDown 15: Cricketer initially happy about the headgearBOWLER HATDDown 18: Touching stove isn't funny!AGAINSTDDown 20: Country where bell sounds rise before longLEBANONDDown 21: Popular copper to transport unwelcome nocturnal visitorINCUBUSDDown 22: Dump serving as nest for tiny bird ascendingPEEWITDDown 25: Insurgent put base of bomb in rockREBEL