The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 14th September 2009 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 14th September 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: It's not altogether clear that this was an elementEARTHAAcross 10: Art museum in which one's at homeHERMITAGEAAcross 11: Religious court had sinner convertedSANHEDRINAAcross 12: Good family person used in place of JohnGAUNTAAcross 13: Old German king accepting devout Mozart symphonyJUPITERAAcross 15: Check flow is constantSTAUNCHAAcross 17: Awful person with no end of affectation?POSERAAcross 18: Relative reported for newspaperSUNAAcross 20: Composer having short break before end of concertHOLSTAAcross 22: Piece of music on new record, final movementNEPTUNEAAcross 25: Happy to include copper and another metalMERCURYAAcross 26: Musical composition after which Browning became nostalgicMARCHAAcross 27: State of limited visibility almost put a stop to escapeHALF-LIGHTAAcross 30: Assets thus protected in securer arrangementRESOURCESAAcross 31: Like blood vessels, say, in marine molluskVENUSDDown 1: Limits of Trent, or another riverTEESDDown 2: Big step for French couple among one's relativesGRANDPASDDown 3: Something needed by horse or mule, perhapsSHOEDDown 4: Cathedral city on maps passed aroundCHARTRESDDown 5: One worshipped in ancient place, primarily among Greek charactersURANUSDDown 6: One taking responsibility for the lives of othersBIOGRAPHERDDown 7: Auto brand succeeded with a change of directionSATURNDDown 8: Set sail from portLEFTDDown 13: Annually, in first part of year, is in this countryJAPANDDown 14: Rejected in audition across the boardTHROUGHOUTDDown 16: Religious zealot finally embraced with fervourHOTLYDDown 19: Corrupt salesmen deliberately not identifiedNAMELESSDDown 21: One animal seen up in pine, relaxingLOUNGINGDDown 23: Run towards centre of stage, delivering some wordsPHRASEDDown 24: European caught in this system of moralityETHICSDDown 26: Grammar school partly in ruinsMARSDDown 28: Turned bad, as it happensLIVEDDown 29: A lot of pupils turned up on time for examinationTEST