The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th September 2021 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th September 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Plucky player has time to take in a measure of inflationHARPISTAAcross 5: Show £1 note in courtCONCERTAAcross 10: Arthur's most perfect supporter had left partyGALAAAcross 11: Scream at English nurse: 'Listen to folk here!'HOOTENANNYAAcross 12: Popular place to wed Irish artistRENOIRAAcross 13: A cricket club about to expel individual based on hearingACOUSTICAAcross 14: Fish worker hauls in one diamondBRILLIANTAAcross 16: Aching to retain a hundred notesSCOREAAcross 17: Good eggs repelled cheatSTINGAAcross 19: A heavyweight boxer, extremely tidy, ignoring normal scalesATONALITYAAcross 23: Greek goddess inspires a bar danceHABANERAAAcross 24: Complete one part of play about booksINTACTAAcross 26: Pianist father and daughter were backing runnerPADEREWSKIAAcross 27: Lift to be arranged at end of dinnerT-BARAAcross 28: Advocate getting shot of street obstacleBARRIERAAcross 29: Musical theatre, at least initiallyLYRICALDDown 2: A couple regularly query layAMATEURDDown 3: Spiritual number brings in a grand, perhapsPIANODDown 4: On radio, avoids current lively piecesSCHERZIDDown 6: Spotted cat circle church groupOCELOTDDown 7: Highbrow Charlie Girl I visit brieflyCLASSICALDDown 8: Athlete swallows one more fluidRUNNIERDDown 9: Ladies and gents engage a new supporter to defend a barmanJOHANN STRAUSSDDown 15: Attend new Hamlet, say, hosted by another mad royalLENDANEARDDown 18: Refrain from painting over articles in ParisTRA-LA-LADDown 20: Top seed unwise to sacrifice length with racketNOISILYDDown 21: Piece played staccato with no introductionTOCCATADDown 22: Home Counties guy across the Channel composedSERENEDDown 25: Bar last pair, voicing pique all at onceTUTTI