The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 8th September 2009 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 8th September 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Fitting metal bearings in fresh coverPERTINENTAAcross 10: Time to museERATOAAcross 11: Battleground discovered when South African crosses borderSEDGEAAcross 12: March into conflict with squadron leader after positional lossesDEMOTIONSAAcross 13: Ignore alarm bells echoing in errorSLEEP INAAcross 14: Sob wildly about direction? Disgusting!OBSCENEAAcross 17: Went ahead, returning thanks to foreign characterDELTAAAcross 19: Hoax by one in schoolC.O.D.AAcross 19: Hoax by one in schoolCODAAcross 20: Battleground near Moroccan capital in ruinsMARNEAAcross 21: Better conditions for naked swimmer announcedNEW DEALAAcross 22: Daughter's complex treacle spreadELECTRAAAcross 24: Battleground tours designed to be shockingMONSTROUSAAcross 26: Setter's sad, having left out tintIMBUEAAcross 28: Bird takes large flower firstOUSELAAcross 29: Green seas produce thirstEAGERNESSDDown 1: Takes off cloaks, but not at firstAPESDDown 2: See 5BRIDGEDDown 3: Battleground — one banked with heavy armourRIVERPLATEDDown 4: Battleground victory sign under reviewVERDUNDDown 5: Battleground in LondonSTAMFORDDDown 6: Battleground contains money from the SouthGELTDDown 7: Wrecker misled boat userSABOTEURDDown 8: Battleground facilitiesLOOSDDown 13: Battleground vehicleSEDANDDown 15: Battleground stories about the king's men of Cork?SOMMELIERSDDown 16: Group of hygiene managers behind irrigation procedureENEMADDown 18: Louis sends away for offensive materialLEWDNESSDDown 19: Battleground slaughter — new poem introducedCULLODENDDown 22: Flag some citizens ignoreENSIGNDDown 23: Battleground leads to writer's blockTABLETDDown 24: See 11MOORDDown 25: Pitch a tentTILTDDown 27: Letters said to provide comfortEASE