The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 27th September 2022 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 27th September 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Retirement habit: pays off to carry stickPYJAMASAAcross 5: Contact the Guardian about job centre that's unfeelingCALLOUSAAcross 9: Possibly keen to do this vocally?MOURNAAcross 10: Unscrupulous opportunist immersing copper-backed tin in drinkBUCCANEERAAcross 11: Bill & Co limp off to quiet doACCOMPLISHAAcross 12: Submerge head and keep under flat-bottomed boatSCOWAAcross 14: Inspector May's false subconscious memoryCRYPTOMNESIAAAcross 18: One means of improving athletic performance: live with military officer somewhere beyond Mars!ASTEROID BELTAAcross 21: Play card with real finesseKINGAAcross 22: Male only wants car that's big of its kind and aggressive-lookingSTAG BEETLEAAcross 25: Only females love males to wear father's spectaclesPHENOMENAAAcross 26: Trainee state police officer cut shortCADETAAcross 27: Ends let out and pressed closeNESTLEDAAcross 28: Unexpectedly present a twisty fireworkSERPENTDDown 1: Ornamental garden plant — holding one, state politicians squealPAMPASDDown 2: Jack (lightweight) gets a shockJOUNCEDDown 3: Drive home, back into awful torment in part of ParisMONTMARTREDDown 4: Forecaster lives up near far end of HullSIBYLDDown 5: Tip: start to search (search methodically) for a kind of capCOCKSCOMBDDown 6: See 21LEARDDown 7: Past players rather dull?OVERCASTDDown 8: Cover up of certain features of Cromwell's reversal at Derby?STRAW HATDDown 8: Cover up of certain features of Cromwell's reversal at Derby?STRAWHATDDown 13: Come to a conclusion about Uncle Dicky, social media promoterINFLUENCERDDown 15: In-depth disheartened author's novel means of putting characters on paperPRINTHEADDDown 16: Recoil at political bias employed by one who serves?BACKSPINDDown 17: Most attractive types, those basking on the beach, lapping up temperatureSTUNNERSDDown 19: Set about catching wild dog that's hard going to put awaySTODGEDDown 20: A month with English theatre's top groupSEPTETDDown 23: See 1GRASSDDown 24: Pass round women's head coveringCOWL