The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 20th September 2022 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 20th September 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: After mistake on circuit, pressure for F1 starterBISHOPAAcross 5: Meat from sheep I finished firstPASTRAMIAAcross 9: Indigo for a chess computerDEEPBLUEAAcross 10: Rural cottage is this writer's bolthole?ALCOTTAAcross 11: Care to relax, after putting energy into a comic songAMAZINGGRACEAAcross 13: For her, partner (not male) not availableANNAAAcross 14: Upset voter stumbles against ballot boxOVERTURNAAcross 17: Reduce studies in first chapter?CONDENSEAAcross 18: One goes round castle, treading nothing into carpetMOATAAcross 20: What did you say, you tosser?HEADSORTAILSAAcross 23: Tore off from opera, back at top speed to danceCAVORTAAcross 24: Partnership lacking say in loyaltyALLIANCEAAcross 25: Without imagination, supermarket replaces legend's recipeSTOLIDLYAAcross 26: Deer turns over something with one footWAPITIDDown 2: In the country I am an unknown animalIBEXDDown 3: Random bloke caught out over pitfallHAPHAZARDDDown 4: Send fruitlessly from here to post in this boxPILLARDDown 5: Appoint entirely unsatisfactory diplomatPLENIPOTENTIARYDDown 6: Glittering, like part of American flagSPANGLEDDDown 7: Trainspotter losing head — it's like a sieveRICERDDown 8: Went to see a fellow motoring enthusiast to give a bit of a handMETACARPALDDown 12: Bigoted, enjoying the bilingual harangueINTOLERANTDDown 15: I mark the moment the paper is on the carpet — picked up quietlyTIMESTAMPDDown 16: Rare single: not running in betweenUNWONTEDDDown 19: Bat showing determination on old wicketWILLOWDDown 21: Be out of sleeping bag? That's oddDROLLDDown 22: Small incision in tailSCUT