The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 3rd October 2024

There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 3rd October 2024. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	21, islander branded with mark of failure?	BRIXTON
AAcross 5:	Gossip old PM cut short on voting system
AAcross 9:	Only diaspora where outsiders lost in old kingdom
AAcross 10:	21, suit-wearing sailor in khazi
AAcross 11:	21’s valuation of staff?	WANDSWORTH
AAcross 12:	Belt out – repeatedly for 21?
AAcross 14:	21’s suspicious behaviour	STRANGEWAYS
AAcross 18:	21, 21 left chained by violent criminal	PENTONVILLE
AAcross 21:	Pocket or collar?
AAcross 22:	Pain clear, case of hooligan off getting treatment
AAcross 25:	Drilling, say, I tear into rocks
AAcross 26:	Crack like that as it happens, one having split
AAcross 27:	Pipe like mother installed in her ruin?
AAcross 28:	Permanent nurse picking flower
DDown 1:	Rules with leg before wicket, say, under review
DDown 2:	Element in God having broken that is
DDown 3:	Radio star on, stir crazy
DDown 4:	I see 21 served up some Mexican food
DDown 5:	Having various keys in pockets initially, only a lot for a screw?
DDown 6:	Some retrogressive yob’s accolade?	ASBO
DDown 7:	Hot resin I left, tipped over
DDown 8:	Fire, new work unit is in essence gutted
DDown 13:	Evidently painful climbing in heels on stumbling in Alpine kit
DDown 15:	Lapse relating to account
DDown 16:	Stretch, and man gets punishment
DDown 17:	Legs welcoming pants, most intimately – those?
DDown 19:	Ice in jug?
DDown 20:	Sin absent before arrest
DDown 23:	Group able to swim freely?
DDown 24:	A convict up for party