The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 10th September 2008 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 10th September 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Extended passage of river in boat ...GALLERYAAcross 5: ... whose lap holds the futureTHEGODSAAcross 10: See 16GRASAAcross 11: Trading company leader opposed to be eaten by blackbirdMERCANTILEAAcross 12: 1 after 27, the fashion for sailorsMODERNAAcross 13: 1, the race of the race?NATIONALAAcross 14: Leaves the Basque revolutionBEQUEATHSAAcross 16: Mess up excavation of painter before the end of 7MARDIAAcross 17: 1 giving trouble to priestPRADOAAcross 19: 1 spot for loner married in the past that's still with us?HERMITAGEAAcross 23: Tremendous quantity of land provided for price of 26TERRIFICAAcross 24: 1 openingLOUVREAAcross 26: Kind of meat without name at small priceBENEFICENTAAcross 27: 1 time antipyretic suppressing sex appeal firstTATEAAcross 28: See 27BRITAINAAcross 29: Having no fixed abode, I abandon source of potency for booksVAGRANTDDown 2: Opening of musical first to last with cry of approvalAIR HOLEDDown 2: Opening of musical first to last with cry of approvalAIRHOLEDDown 3: Man, say, after end of doleful yarnLISLEDDown 4: Gold aroused fever in countryROMANIADDown 6: Man of aesthetic tastes - bogus? SincereHEARTYDDown 7: Acquired old dosh for a holy man with speedGOTOOFASTDDown 8: Stupid person, appropriately short and fatDULLARDDDown 9: The accented and expensive professeurFRENCH TEACHERDDown 15: Floor covering was insufficiently sensitiveUNDERFELTDDown 18: Beast that lays eggs on rising grassROE DEERDDown 20: A goal up, during which I gave fire to fighting menMILITIADDown 21: A strong inclination to be somewhere near John LennonGARSTONDDown 22: 1 sees endless effervescence in topless mysticUFFIZIDDown 25: Speak without qualificationUTTER