The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 28th September 2022

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th September 2022. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Posh bloke is a Tory bastard? Not unknown
AAcross 5:	Usual performance quietly meets with approval
AAcross 8:	Changed key before end of ballad
AAcross 9:	Plant roses at front except in centre
AAcross 11:	Big Tech (and Ted's dosh) could possibly bring material success	THEBITCHGODDESS
AAcross 12:	Good book plausible on the surface
AAcross 13:	Sure to make a move after trick one's played
AAcross 17:	Invaders ignoring rule left with ground unclaimed
AAcross 18:	Idiot holding back star pupil? On the contrary
AAcross 20:	Steal script craftily when Charles is inside dressing
AAcross 23:	Doubly small for a defender
AAcross 24:	Want to carry gun but denied
AAcross 25:	Chance to wear revolutionary dress
AAcross 26:	Stay on team
DDown 2:	Rare element of sexual excitement with female — I'm keeping out, essentially
DDown 3:	Soldiers arrested by police officers around base
DDown 4:	Getting on coach is traditional
DDown 5:	Child's yellow — doctors gathering round
DDown 6:	Roars during day end squabbling
DDown 7:	Desperately want to be in Conservative Party?
DDown 8:	Makes an enemy of worker and worries deeply
DDown 10:	Dirty resort has improved on the surface
DDown 14:	See something useful in the kitchen
DDown 15:	Bothered by independence, right — judged it to be divisive
DDown 16:	Advice about protecting endlessly vulnerable — it's a nasty place
DDown 16:	Advice about protecting endlessly vulnerable — it's a nasty place
DDown 19:	Polluted river in which crew's emptied effluents
DDown 21:	Dancing ladies beginning to strip off — this couldn't be better
DDown 22:	Square up over drinker's last bottle