The Guardian Cryptic Crossword September 18 2025 Answers (9/18/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword September 18, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword September 18, 2025 Answers

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« September 17 2025 Answers

#	Clue
9A	I am at concert, and put out a piece of music
10A	One rascal that can beat nine or ten
11A	Composer’s heart problem returned
12A	Fail to appear for pub performance perhaps
13A	Unoccupied, love to be cast in a film
14A	Queen bee only confused by a new name
15A	Create lines on paper for soft toy
17A	Runs on the shore, having to live with twinges
19A	Old Chancellor not going about town
22A	Energy from writer, one moving along
23A	Recoil from being pierced by a stone shaped like a spear point
24A	I won’t mention the rest, even quickly
26A	Study one initially complicated section of maths
27A	Edible grains in near frozen state stuck to part of face
1D	Was first to see a pattern that threatens the monarch
2D	Arranging to take power, but refusing to take advantage
3D	Frustrate one buttoned up for Olympic event
4D	Not forced to disband one platoon
5D	Be after contract United accepted
6D	State that is briefly satisfactory
7D	Cut of meat, second to go bad
8D	Be very discreet and retain a personal lawyer
16D	Say, Roman soldier up in old tree
17D	Express disapproval of girl with glasses going to dance
18D	March round in ragged sort of progression
20D	Object to being given another errand?
21D	As authority, accepts passes
25D	Dip into Brown Book at last

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