The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 12th September 2011 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 12th September 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Please Ray with gift that's unusualGRATIFYAAcross 5: Missionary who can handle a spoon?APOSTLEAAcross 10: A return of service which is some way offAFARAAcross 11: Gain admission by force and initiativeENTERPRISEAAcross 12: Drink triple gin, initially, with one rumEGGNOGAAcross 13: Status symbols?INSIGNIAAAcross 14: All set to accept redundancyREADYTOGOAAcross 16: Give a lift to one in the armyHOISTAAcross 17: Be sent back to bunk, having weakenedEBBEDAAcross 19: A survivor in the heatQUALIFIERAAcross 23: Regard as deliberateCONSIDERAAcross 24: Loan shark certain to be found in the cityUSURERAAcross 26: Nominal chief of the maths department?FIGUREHEADAAcross 27: Lots of trousersBAGSAAcross 28: Stir it in a football crowdAGITATEAAcross 29: Uncertain range of French explosive projectileGRENADEDDown 2: He leaves his country to be protected by anotherREFUGEEDDown 3: I go round Italian cityTURINDDown 4: Charge soldiers found in brawlFREIGHTDDown 6: Quietly share out a few words from tourist guide?PHRASEDDown 7: Shoulders no responsibility?SHRUGSOFFDDown 8: It makes no difference to these girls should I departLASSIESDDown 9: Four on the fiddle?STRING QUARTETDDown 15: Line up on quarterdeck in formal wearDRESS SUITDDown 18: Some reservation about giving a player a yellow card?BOOKINGDDown 20: Wash the one French article that's GermanLAUNDERDDown 21: Rising unit of temperature — about a thousand — appearedEMERGEDDDown 22: Notice opening time before ChristmasADVENTDDown 25: City game to lift boycottURBAN