The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st October 2021

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st October 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Good knight with lot lost, hit on the field
AAcross 4:	Man of class, maybe English, with old money and gold
AAcross 9:	Performers walk in the auditorium
AAcross 10:	Service just the same, no good
AAcross 11:	Bohemian learner joining a foreign religious house on holy island
AAcross 13:	Unhappy fellow 'gutted', we hear? Support found in church
AAcross 14:	Trench in meadow ending with silt
AAcross 16:	Only off when mad dogs go out?
AAcross 18:	Grander lie broadcast by chief villain
AAcross 21:	One left in workplace after final day is all right
AAcross 23:	Vehement cheat — PM, I fancy
AAcross 24:	Downtrodden worker keeping a promise
AAcross 25:	Lie dying, sadly giving up
AAcross 26:	Harry is safe — son's in hiding
DDown 1:	Not all bowling at Edgbaston will get a wicket?
DDown 2:	First of all, horses must be given numbers
DDown 3:	Conservative meeting leading bosses — are there skeletons hiding here?
DDown 5:	The driving idea originally conjured up for supposed royal prerogative
DDown 6:	Open Voltaire's work — don't close it
DDown 7:	Pound troy — half-forgotten weight
DDown 8:	Soldier keeps to rules I lay down
DDown 12:	Most in French resort upset during holiday? One should minimise health risk
DDown 13:	Skill needing to keep working in male community
DDown 15:	Cut back on iron?
DDown 17:	Top clue cunningly constructed? This one is word-wise!
DDown 19:	Party with yob carrying drug to distribute
DDown 20:	One with fifty occupying beach, say, in Ibiza?
DDown 22:	What's loud has listener showing anxiety