The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 12th October 2021

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 12th October 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Old lecturer enters competition with authority
AAcross 4:	Joker breaks into school for change
AAcross 9:	Egypt is regularly overturning complaint
AAcross 10:	A fake prophecy: 'Earth's lost metal' — it's doubtful
AAcross 11:	Text about new hit fashions
AAcross 12:	English bowler moves around leg — wicket falls!
AAcross 13:	Is footballer blocking Everton's last delivery?
AAcross 15:	Drunk hides whiskey in study
AAcross 16:	Following kick-off, running back for corner
AAcross 17:	Work in bed? Initially, employer to play along
AAcross 21:	Animated figure's bearing American god
AAcross 22:	In speech ex-PM beguiles table
AAcross 24:	Perhaps email in the latest style?
AAcross 25:	Type of film only showing in visible and ultraviolet light?
AAcross 26:	Fancy pheromone contains secret message
AAcross 27:	Timid setter's crossing river
DDown 1:	Turkish delight at last — after starter of olives, am not upset!
DDown 2:	Spy gets kind of crimson once cover's blown
DDown 3:	Singer Moyet left first to hide one love affair
DDown 5:	Line in what you're reading to classes
DDown 6:	Lift prize cup of the highest quality	TOPDRAWER
DDown 7:	Listen to the end of our bust-up in anger
DDown 8:	Second chicken drinks beer on top of barn for encouragement …
DDown 14:	… as Goldberg and sheep celebrate raucously
DDown 16:	Ozone damaged, I see, by this age	NEOZOIC
DDown 18:	Pepper pot shaken over fried carbon-free mince
DDown 19:	Cambridge college's uprising — can I go outside?
DDown 20:	Unscramble what Enigma produced?
DDown 23:	Cheers when husband quits and fails badly