The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 28th September 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th September 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Flipping anxious old monarch failing to provide items for scoffing fools?DESSERTSERVICEAAcross 8: Say butter's rejected, getting this instead?MARGEAAcross 9: Reliable staff one's hired to work in TV or filmSOUNDMANAAcross 11: Opera company led by Latin American revolutionaryNABUCCOAAcross 12: Condemn point put in plain languageDECRYPTAAcross 13: Vacuous twerps without intelligence?TWITSAAcross 15: As far as US leader's concerned, getting invaded by Germany is ruled outFORBIDDENAAcross 17: eg McCartney, Boy George at first, and a member of Morrissey's group?SONGSMITHAAcross 20: Green vehicle reversing into rural settlementTESLAAAcross 21: Called for managed fund to save mobile phone company poundsNEEDFULAAcross 23: Whence two gentlemen came and left to get sedativeVERONALAAcross 25: Sweet soldier brought in kind of battery for defenceAPOLOGIAAAcross 26: Blithe Spirit's leading character back in the countrySYRIAAAcross 27: Novelist pens mad, inauthentic and pedestrian adviceGREENCROSSCODEDDown 1: Making valueless nude? Monet is in Giverny framing itDEMONETISINGDDown 2: Maybe Holly Hunter wants filling in sandwichSHRUBDDown 3: Train strike's beginning, which creates worriesEXERCISESDDown 4: Bosses regularly filling bigwig's drink quicklyTOSS OFFDDown 5: Country's financial district gets universal love, almostECUADORDDown 6: Very brief rule of old Indian scriptureVEDICDDown 7: Said why tucking into crab dish could be a danger, in the mainCHARYBDISDDown 10: Fun for eg young Boris, having surprisingly low mental ageETONWALLGAMEDDown 14: Banks perhaps following current news hostINNKEEPERDDown 16: Terrible triteness has the capacity to fascinateINTERESTSDDown 18: Invalid thinking 'I'm going to smoke last of tobacco up'ILLOGICDDown 19: Try lots of port and case of amontillado, guzzling gallonsHAVE A GODDown 22: River Seine's banks not straightFALSEDDown 24: Refusal to accommodate crooked car dealer who breaks the lawNARCO