The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 2nd September 2008 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 2nd September 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Composer of largely 26 piece giving one for nothingALLEGRIAAcross 5: One to sort out what's for lunch ...RISOTTOAAcross 9: ... what's proverbial for the course, bargain vegetablePARSNIPAAcross 10: Gymnastic type rocking boat with wrecked carACROBATAAcross 11: llustrious Cockney's gone off the Guardian for rousing desireEROGENOUSAAcross 12: Join up space with nothing separating sidesENROLAAcross 13: Old city, about what's as good as a winkSIDONAAcross 15: University cost including number and weightPRINCETONAAcross 17: Bring in a foreign female to go on the gameIMPORTUNEAAcross 19: Monies for treasurer shortly to collectRATESAAcross 22: Purse changes hands for a beanPULSEAAcross 23: Concerned with odour from somewhat antiquated worksOLFACTORYAAcross 25: Must aid be needed to build Olympic venue?STADIUMAAcross 26: Butcher's cut puts hazard in hazardBRISKETAAcross 27: Henry's wife, the queen, slim and round in the middleELEANORAAcross 28: Old prince caught replacing article from 27ELECTORDDown 1: Father of James, fantastic help down underALPHEUSDDown 2: He brought about a row - old cricketerLARWOODDDown 3: Weapon turned, for example, on the filthGUNGEDDown 4: I'm put out over the concert being unrehearsedIMPROMPTUDDown 5: Ways to address an African explorer?ROADSDDown 6: Carteret's misplaced desire?STREETCARDDown 7: American stool gets volunteers to drill on timeTABORETDDown 8: Bunting turns up a lot in some ornamentationORTOLANDDown 14: Race that's wearing on participantsNORWEGIANDDown 16: What can't be described or sworn at?INEEFABLEDDown 17: Gordius is old hat - there's no getting out of itIMPASSEDDown 18: Times of hypochondria and ravishment?PILLAGEDDown 20: Apprentice carried it about as stock-in-tradeTOOL KITDDown 20: Apprentice carried it about as stock-in-tradeTOOLKITDDown 21: Marxist character part portrays hysteriaSHYSTERDDown 23: Sarkozy's gold sea creatureORMERDDown 24: Cleft feature on pointCHINE