The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st September 2004 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st September 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Inverted headgear in which one received, radiophonically, a palliativePAREGORICAAcross 6: Stick or stay in?BATONAAcross 9: Talking aimlessly about one-yen-to-the-pound scamMONEY LAUNDERINGAAcross 10: Unique piece of footwearSOLEAAcross 11: Iron snake enters illuminated rescue vehicleLIFEBOATAAcross 14: Aim to enshrine deceased dynasty in Surrey townGODALMINGAAcross 15: Godfather's police car?PANDAAAcross 16: Old uncle embraces Anglican compereEMCEEAAcross 18: Established operative in charge in waterwayCANONICALAAcross 20: Appointed to incorporate board game into table-coverDUCHESSEAAcross 21: Siouxsie fan understood Beethoven's FifthGOTHAAcross 25: Blustery cold whirl in fact makes it feel colderWINDCHILLFACTORAAcross 26: Charge beginner with animalRATELAAcross 27: Resurrected dead Sumerian child minderNURSEMAIDDDown 1: Interrogates the footwearPUMPSDDown 2: Joint in 4 festeredRANKLEDDDown 3: Indian region harbouring unknown painterGOYADDown 4: Reportedly used boat on overland routeROADDDown 5: Dependent on having bowel control when eating goat's headCONTINGENTDDown 6: Tooting, formerly, also housed branch of husbandryBEEKEEPINGDDown 7: Eccentric ornithologist's hatTRICORNDDown 8: Almost everybody put feet up inside at duskNIGHTFALLDDown 12: Censor writer of pornography?BLUE-PENCILDDown 13: Wing contains copper? Not a word! It's useful to embroiderersPINCUSHIONDDown 14: Look cross about death of Welsh leaderGLENDOWERDDown 17: Officer, drunk, taking on source of oil, milk and butterCOCONUTDDown 19: Spooks harvesting right grass seed in the countryCROATIADDown 22: Cattle, say, gathering round ancient kingHERODDDown 23: Drunkenly utter slanderSLURDDown 24: Come to the farewell party!WAKE