The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 21st September 2023

There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 21st September 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Introduction to Pointless, with tips from Alexander Armstrong, maybe identifying idiom
AAcross 9:	Help whistleblower to frame story
AAcross 10:	Total number who've paid in gold to get cake
AAcross 12:	Not guilty — meaning prisoner returned for the first time
AAcross 13:	Bed and breakfast's closing after business
AAcross 14:	Two TVs and a collection of DVDs?	BOXSET
AAcross 16:	Had enough — county town's wanting street theatre banned conclusively
AAcross 17:	Shy Matt emptied pockets
AAcross 20:	New side, after old team get rusty
AAcross 23:	I guess I'd supply camouflage
AAcross 24:	American — nearly 21, say — ultimately still lacking principles
AAcross 26:	Rest pot on the counter
AAcross 27:	Sewers using fine line for edges of cloth trousers
AAcross 28:	Father's shaking up Sprite
AAcross 31:	A brilliant discovery! Brussels are amazingly full of potassium
AAcross 32:	One has several options as a muscle car's punctured tyre at the finish
DDown 1:	Somewhere to go over adult 'hot stuff'
DDown 2:	Succulent drink gets round in
DDown 3:	Admit in court, taking drug occasionally
DDown 4:	Type of thermometer I inserted for show
DDown 5:	Managed small repair after using last bit of Pritt Stick
DDown 6:	Doctor, I croak with cold — one's often seen at the bedside
DDown 7:	Covering for Morecambe and Wise after finally opening for star turns
DDown 11:	Every now and then Manx cat's tail begins to stretch
DDown 14:	Supporter of British artist
DDown 15:	Stock well-known baker's cake ingredient?
DDown 18:	Experiment starts in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 — go!
DDown 19:	Ancient vampire bats left
DDown 21:	Swimmer's initially excited by terms of the deal
DDown 22:	This might stop photos being taken of crude lap dances, once lawyer's disappeared
DDown 24:	Beg group that wants to stay dry to carry masks etc over lake
DDown 25:	Some theory about eggs
DDown 29:	Device's international power plug
DDown 30:	In audition, refer to setting