The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 5th September 2022 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 5th September 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tucking into stegt flæsk, say, a north ScandinavianDANISHAAcross 4: Worshipper vows another timeIDOLATERAAcross 9: Tough being cute?SEVEREAAcross 10: Works and lectures about exerciseOPERATESAAcross 11: Make one think of theorem in disputeREMINDAAcross 12: Was judge free to frolic in grass?REFEREEDAAcross 14: Struggling to inspire praise when nursing a broken heartBREATHLESSAAcross 18: Helped firm to get involved in under-age representationENCOURAGEDAAcross 22: Asparagus tip in tempura, battered against the flowUPSTREAMAAcross 23: Cultural and moral frame for new beginningETHNICAAcross 24: Source of tuna in saladFOUNTAINAAcross 25: Crisp packet's final design showing textSCRIPTAAcross 26: Something for Caesar from an address in GaulDRESSINGAAcross 27: A: winner; B: in a draw; ___ ? Not so far!CLOSERDDown 1: Convey an image of extremely delicate writerDESCRIBEDDown 2: Unfinished novel: Gong Ringer's Last Thirty DaysNOVEMBERDDown 3: Might Ernst & Young watch out at last for corruption?STRENGTHDDown 5: Feeling down at heart indeed? Iron and iron right awayDEPRESSIONDDown 6: Half of cellar wine turned up in storeLARDERDDown 7: One's not into fancy elitist namesTITLESDDown 8: Live what's left out of uniformRESIDEDDown 13: Farm on plain somehow filled with rubbishPLANTATIONDDown 15: All-important fault-findingCRITICALDDown 16: Long time since deregulation for companiesAGENCIESDDown 17: Teacher said you got into art deco movementEDUCATORDDown 19: Turned up fish starter, ate and had a smokePUFFEDDDown 20: Clever being like that, you get somewhere at lastASTUTEDDown 21: Killer groove in public transportBRUTUS