The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 5th October 2020

There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 5th October 2020. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Theory that makes a sudden leap
AAcross 5:	Spoke quietly, announcing result of family injury?
AAcross 9:	Leaver no longer a soft touch
AAcross 10:	Trick old follower
AAcross 11:	From here, the only way is down
AAcross 12:	Foreign food makes us hiccup a bit
AAcross 13:	My claim to divinity rejected? It can't be questioned
AAcross 15:	Truss, for example, in place contorted with pain
AAcross 18:	Pressing aim to welcome relative
AAcross 19:	So much room for jogger?
AAcross 21:	Regulator very vigorous? Not I
AAcross 23:	Missile's explosion leads to wild anger
AAcross 25:	Sacking is stored at first with poor quality cover
AAcross 26:	Private meal hasn't started
AAcross 27:	Leaves job, or extends contract?
AAcross 28:	Left job, about fed up
DDown 1:	Man so promoted required sex change?
DDown 2:	Plant speared on one's fork
DDown 3:	Little chap has temperature and irritation
DDown 4:	Cook's unusually warm voice
DDown 5:	Shock about small clergy house
DDown 6:	Staggering, homes in on hooch
DDown 7:	Fruit semi-liquid, half picked up
DDown 8:	Rodents party, beginning to munch through cereal
DDown 14:	Dealing with dire warnings about Spain
DDown 16:	Prize chicken perhaps that's quickly produced for money
DDown 17:	Simple question number one hitting you on the head
DDown 18:	Aggressor is popular villain
DDown 20:	Carry on with bloody bet
DDown 22:	Drinking tea, say, girl survives
DDown 23:	Like being in British Isles, in principle
DDown 24:	Throw out badly behaved civet