The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 29th September 2020 There are 13 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 29th September 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Troublesome person with stick always set about music makerREED ORGANAAcross 10: Inventor showing regret when putting off engineersMORSEAAcross 11: Something sweet to stick around lettuceGLUCOSEAAcross 12: Without thinking, building home next to an East Anglian cityINANELYAAcross 13: Quail a bit when crossing lakeCOLINAAcross 14: Understand an old rocker with very little energy at first did nothingVEGETATEDAAcross 16: Yes, mama is upset with a child stupidly making bloomerMICHAELMAS DAISYAAcross 19: Surgery as answer to disease that in extremis takes timeCURETTAGEAAcross 21: Writer offering brill Old EnglishDEFOEAAcross 22: Someone terrible following game around in vehicleMINIVANAAcross 23: Number of fashion items in Mary Quant's eraSIXTIESAAcross 24: Part of island in Caribbean captured by the FrenchLEWISAAcross 25: First to collect rags, even when chucked?SCAVENGERDDown 1: Like a sort of play that could make critic go mad almostTRAGICOMICDDown 2: Country inn with memorial outside itREPUBLICDDown 3: Spiritual advice to Moses in warehouseGO DOWNDDown 3: Spiritual advice to Moses in warehouseGODOWNDDown 4: Heading north over line, I stareOGLEDDown 5: Where you'd presumably find hellish types with old cricketer under a shadowINDISGRACEDDown 6: Affected little devil wasn't sincereIMPACTEDDDown 7: Burning paintings maybe outside private roomARDENTDDown 8: Presidential candidate once sounded a bit wetDEWYDDown 14: Lass in evil misbehaving?VILLAINESSDDown 15: Plea from someone wet and helpless with a certain peck?DRY MEASUREDDown 17: Penultimate part of Shakespearean play is beginning to move into vigorous campaigningACTIVISMDDown 18: Break with trendy element of festival entertainmentINFRINGEDDown 20: Celebrity children, not one of them accepting the presentRENOWNDDown 21: It's right to check when there's sign of something wrong insideDEXTERDDown 22: Start to make everybody walkMALLDDown 23: Biscuit containers the wrong way upSNAP