The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th October 2023

There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th October 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Local installation always needing power during strike	BEERPUMP
AAcross 5:	Retracting of a close to scene in G&S - obscurity round Penzance?	SEAFOG
AAcross 9:	Opening a fresh source of water in Yorkshire
AAcross 10:	Marine life in sea adjacent to America
AAcross 12:	Tearful Australian dismissed by old Communist
AAcross 13:	Found distressed after landing catch? That’s inconceivable
AAcross 14:	Recruitment business account gathering in information over 12 months
AAcross 16:	French pastry being cooked — and in Paris
AAcross 18:	Conservative, as originally recorded, boarding boat, being averse to road transport
AAcross 20:	Piece of wood’s rotten? Stop surfing
AAcross 20:	Piece of wood’s rotten? Stop surfing
AAcross 22:	Docile character accepting English downpour, the idiot
AAcross 23:	Drink not supplied promptly, taking extra time
AAcross 24:	Stylish harbour in the Seychelles
AAcross 25:	Various therapies I dropped —see the charges here
AAcross 26:	S is one mistake in it
AAcross 27:	Not just power tool user?
DDown 1:	Composer having king amongst supporters
DDown 2:	Yellow flower improving serene rocks
DDown 3:	Indulge computer industry for minute in Strasbourg
DDown 4:	God’s forbearance displayed around Biblical city
DDown 6:	The French, very into food and improving the mind
DDown 7:	They established institutions in which orphan forgets trace of lost parents	FOUNDINGFATHERS
DDown 8:	Military group ready to intervene in turn for writing on the wall?
DDown 11:	Exclamation over a book, or antihero in one
DDown 15:	Pin down late supporter about tense, tense situation
DDown 17:	College in university ranks visionary specialists?
DDown 19:	Put down an unanswerable question
DDown 20:	Feel bad, upset about imminent script
DDown 21:	New take presented by working actor-director
DDown 23:	Elizabeth Taylor initially accepting singular musical heart-throb from the past