The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 9th September 2021 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 9th September 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: The open road?SESAMESTREETAAcross 8: In the end, Orwell's animals were inadequateUNEQUALAAcross 9: Newgate, say, one leading hellOLD NICKAAcross 11: Composer's new lookNOVELLOAAcross 12: Staff holding stuff to be ropy workMACRAMEAAcross 13: No husband for more upper-class modelPOSERAAcross 14: Underwater structure needs real force to breakCORAL REEFAAcross 16: Dissident sure to go crazy with knifeREFUSENIKAAcross 19: Truth about crime finally comes to viewFACETAAcross 21: Woman not a serious socialist?MILDREDAAcross 23: In distribution of cards, I'm backing clubs often splitDECIMALAAcross 24: In senior moment initially thought one may be shot by officerSIDE ARMAAcross 24: In senior moment initially thought one may be shot by officerSIDEARMAAcross 25: Within limits, gives personal serviceVESPERSAAcross 26: What carries motorway, note, through separate part of mountainSEVERNBRIDGEDDown 1: From small height, here perhaps drop bundlesSHEAVESDDown 2: One involved in row last to leave washroomSCULLERDDown 3: Men can support shopping centre for holiday islandMALLORCANDDown 4: Special elite force about to take by assaultSTORMDDown 5: Thorough review of a card I leftRADICALDDown 6: Eastern governor shows pluckEPILATEDDown 7: President stuck in part of trousers: ride to the rescue!TURNUPTRUMPSDDown 10: Where one works out how to possess sexy Conservative girlKEEPFITCLASSDDown 15: Carefully examined and averred OK to distributeRAKEDOVERDDown 17: Proverbial risk of being too proud to need payingFALLDUEDDown 18: Get up reliable piece of information, shortly acceptedSURFACEDDown 19: Made sharp, if coach regularly employedFOCUSEDDDown 20: One introducing policeman before arresting Mafia headCOMPEREDDown 22: Person of great energy from March to NovemberDEMON