The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 18th September 2023 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 18th September 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Accomplished lines about a comprehensiveOVERALLAAcross 5: Settled on entering working partySQUAREDAAcross 9: Career that's stimulatingSPEEDAAcross 10: Choked elongated fish perishedGARROTTEDAAcross 11: Symbolic 5 includes guitar riffFIGURATIVEAAcross 12: Detailed description of small muscleSPECAAcross 14: Anniversary bash outside eastern entrance out of controlTERCENTENARYAAcross 18: Guardian articles on Republican political group that heralds a storm?WEATHERFRONTAAcross 21: State serviceMASSAAcross 21: State serviceMASS.AAcross 22: Drink that in Spanish means 'island'MARTINIQUEAAcross 25: Umlaut scrawled over man's name; accept it or else!ULTIMATUMAAcross 26: Brother gets over Dutch scamFRAUDAAcross 27: Sought to circulate around river's low pointsTROUGHSAAcross 28: Ostentatious as kids in a puddle?SPLASHYDDown 1: Loss, if York houses become fixedOSSIFYDDown 2: Go grey, perhaps, after near deathENERGYDDown 3: European football team abroad clear end by half-timeANDERLECHTDDown 4: Fair's awkward situation: no parkingLIGHTDDown 5: US state split by ex-monarch's notarySCRIVENERDDown 6: America's holding of heaven-bound heavenly objectsUFOSDDown 7: Drumming sound coming from grass on a plotRATAPLANDDown 8: Performed turn on ends of rickety stool, being two-toedDIDACTYLDDown 13: Significant base in Gulf conflictMEANINGFULDDown 15: Versace, not busy, dropping round to see writerCERVANTESDDown 16: Feel dizzy taking diamonds, say, for beachwearSWIMSUITDDown 17: Wrong time and time again — love rather strainedFALSETTODDown 19: Matches squeal when litEQUALSDDown 20: Implacable insensitive heartless sexual partnerDEADLYDDown 23: Newspaper 'X'?TIMESDDown 24: Sticks up for superiorSMUG