The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th October 2021

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th October 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Overcrowded relationships lasting? Er … unlikely
AAcross 6:	Employer's cat second to be taken
AAcross 10:	Cold drink, one originally left behind
AAcross 11:	Cave-dweller looked suspiciously at drunk
AAcross 12:	Cross mouth of Tay to get to Dundee?
AAcross 13:	Talks quietly to dogs slipping lead
AAcross 14:	Bloody fantastic job (without catch)! How did you get it?
AAcross 17:	Cull in the 18th century perhaps a big step forward	HALFTHEBATTLE
AAcross 21:	Doctor paused taking temperature for latest news
AAcross 22:	Catch journalist drinking rum? On the contrary
AAcross 24:	Forced flier to land finally — previously arrested
AAcross 25:	Going around in the nip, openly intimate
AAcross 26:	Live next to a field
AAcross 27:	Shots from above hit destroyer's bow — lost about six, not nine	SLAMDUNKS
DDown 1:	Set way of raising money?
DDown 2:	Distressing condition initially explored by northern writer
DDown 3:	Fan opinion — sell-out sounds annoying
DDown 4:	Disappoint old and new sportsmen at the centre — sorry!
DDown 4:	Disappoint old and new sportsmen at the centre — sorry!
DDown 5:	Round trip extremely boring in the event
DDown 5:	Round trip extremely boring in the event
DDown 7:	Shock permeates island — without cuts taxes shoot up
DDown 8:	Sport I abandoned that is extremely rough
DDown 9:	Watch blonde running past it (kept changing her mind)	BLEWHOTANDCOLD
DDown 15:	Dry day — ready with the liquid
DDown 16:	Fellow coming out in spots, beginning to suspect rash
DDown 18:	Sit around drinking sensible healthy drinks
DDown 19:	Creature camouflaged in ball turned over, not dead
DDown 20:	EastEnders tough guy is upset — that's plain
DDown 23:	Stars from old film genre turned up