The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th September 2001 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th September 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Record snubPUT-DOWNAAcross 1: Record snubPUTDOWNAAcross 5: Moth getting by without extreme povertyBEGGARYAAcross 10: Concerning wild oatsASTOAAcross 11: Tudor drinkBLOODY MARYAAcross 12: Dogfish on filmBASSETAAcross 13: Rolled gold ware of inferior qualityLOW-GRADEAAcross 14: Priest, perhaps, making well-known person fulminateCELEBRANTAAcross 16: Insulting language from American imprisoned by LincolnABUSEAAcross 17: Coal remaining at the end of three monthsEMBERAAcross 19: Almost 50% treasure birdsOSTRICHESAAcross 23: Scale for winds in the open airALFRESCOAAcross 24: Preserve the end of past prestigeCACHETAAcross 26: Saucy book planted before man of brassHERBALPERTAAcross 27: Clothes worn back-to-front for gameBRAGAAcross 28: Odysseus's first demand - to hold you once like a CyclopsONE-EYEDAAcross 29: Cell material in heart of young RudgeBARNABYDDown 2: Steal the limelight from the coach to LondonUPSTAGEDDown 3: The medicine goes downDROPSDDown 4: Composer crossing street to see lexicographerWEBSTERDDown 6: Supplies the same in every way?ENDOWSDDown 7: Adhesive setting for tooth and tongueGUM ARABICDDown 8: Screen left out round soldererREREDOSDDown 9: Group playing north or south lost Elgin marbles, perhapsROLLINGSTONESDDown 15: River and seafood the French found atrociousEXECRABLEDDown 18: Scottish promontory with a German plantMULLEINDDown 20: Biscuit loaded with leaves?RICHTEADDown 21: We blame knitter for small woolly jumperEWELAMBDDown 22: Yseult's other name is Old EnglishISOLDEDDown 25: Murderer outside second-class compartmentCABIN