The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 29th September 2021 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 29th September 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Top money for US chainSTARBUCKSAAcross 6: See 13LOCKSAAcross 9: See 8COURTAAcross 10: Relax, having forced in the plugLIGHTEN UPAAcross 11: Local news after oneINNAAcross 12: Can with ten free nuts, last of those going in tin?ENTRANCE FEEAAcross 14: Blow into hole in burnerGAS LAMPAAcross 15: Wood taking minutes instead of seconds in film studiosELM TREEAAcross 16: Less clear, fade in drum beatMUDDIERAAcross 19: Broadcast about child ending in squalor — here?SKID ROWAAcross 22: Bees, perhaps, built honeytrap to trap me!HYMENOPTERAAAcross 23: Fastener lacking in a zip for Americans?NILAAcross 24: Rocky, having struck bow in tilt — narrow vesselCANAL BOATAAcross 24: Rocky, having struck bow in tilt — narrow vesselCANALBOATAAcross 26: Island where unknown character has broken bone, having struck headIBIZAAAcross 27: Refusal to admit someone good is badNASTYAAcross 28: Verbally, was jousting for some timeFORTNIGHTDDown 1: Expulsion, rough stuffSACKINGDDown 2: Old student in compound before sunupALUMNUSDDown 3: Damn sexist filmed pinching the bottoms of Israeli and Filipino womenBOTHERATIONDDown 4: Horse carrying daughter and old man up — one of two runners?COLDTAPDDown 5: It indicates the gang, I suspect, somewhat set upSIGNAGEDDown 6: Brilliant booksLITDDown 7: Wood: one saved by grantCONIFERDDown 8: Legal body that's corrupt use suspect to stitch me upSUPREMEDDown 13: First of inspectors, people parting tidy hair — might they be on the case?COMBINATIONDDown 16: Complain about noise coming from boozer, perhaps, punk styleMOHICANDDown 17: Execute mythical king in US chainDOMINOSDDown 18: Accusation by theatre where fiddler played?REPROOFDDown 19: Loud speaker, improvisation of tenor underway?STENTORDDown 20: Creator of famous solver given good positionRANKINGDDown 21: US chain bringing up regulations on public transport?WALMARTDDown 25: Place where cap knocked from toyLAY