The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 16th September 2009 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 16th September 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: I turn green before an attack of giddinessVERTIGOAAcross 5: Saint introduced to composer and lexicographerWEBSTERAAcross 9: Boy has meadow cut? That's a scoop!LADLEAAcross 10: Action to polish off Frenchman in riverTREATMENTAAcross 11: Social worker keeping duty engineer in accommodationAPARTMENTAAcross 12: Measure dress from the edgeEND ONAAcross 13: The fellow apprehending one felonTHIEFAAcross 15: Spike follows fence posts in the Middle EastPALESTINEAAcross 18: One alone in wearing a vestSINGLETONAAcross 19: Half-hearted petition creates outrageAPPALAAcross 21: Standards in Internet hostingETHOSAAcross 23: Changeable creature to clean home anewCHAMELEONAAcross 25: Nothing girl put in hole hides smellDEODORANTAAcross 26: Saw Bill declineADAGEAAcross 27: Touching performer makes a pileREACTORAAcross 28: Run English nurse to asylumRETREATDDown 1: Upending Brad in a barrel is courageousVALIANTDDown 2: Helper turns up in allotment and wavesRADIATIONDDown 3: Supplement is losing dollars stillINERTDDown 4: Ten photos developed immediatelyON-THE-SPOTDDown 5: Work hard to get a week's breakWRESTDDown 6: Whack pithy American in LondonBATTERSEADDown 7: Material for dainty daughterTWEEDDDown 8: Soldiers about to join up in trainRETINUEDDown 14: Let down every single mum in the strongholdFALL SHORTDDown 16: Ancestral building — a royal houseLANCASTERDDown 17: Swear tripe came badly cookedIMPRECATEDDown 18: Poor old Bob's uncleSLENDERDDown 20: Most extensive ten logs chopped upLONGESTDDown 22: Bend a water pipeHOOKADDown 23: Charlie gets a shock from this — fatally soCHAIRDDown 24: Correct former partner's playEXACT