The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 4th September 2012 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 4th September 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Humiliated band half-heartedly backing O'ConnorABASEDAAcross 5: Plant flower, heading off to record storeTAMARISKAAcross 9: Poet gets fish by a whiskerBURNSIDEAAcross 10: Queen has note about wrong extensionANNEXEAAcross 11: Quiet record gathers support shortly after mealSHEPHERD'S PIEAAcross 13: Singer banned from listeningBARDAAcross 14: Purify the Italian rejected from front of showLUSTRATEAAcross 17: Helps mount suspect imagesBENEFITSAAcross 18: Crystal clear piece of mineralTALCAAcross 20: A holy day one month before writer returns with, say, goldSEPTUAGESIMAAAcross 23: Band member brought over a close relative of hisBONOBOAAcross 24: Physicist has dreadful feeling in front of record storeANGSTROMAAcross 25: Becoming attached to band after getting head turnedADHERINGAAcross 26: Right to include one in cultural curioRARITYDDown 2: Let slip that solicitor follows a bandBLURDDown 3: Planes move slowly by plantSAND SEDGEDDown 4: Ambitious band finally splitDRIVENDDown 5: Everything depends on band member harbouring female outlawTHEWHOLESHEBANGDDown 6: Most inadequate jockey agrees to board mountMEAGRESTDDown 7: River animal mounting small stepsRUNGSDDown 8: Band of 6 topless modelsSEXPISTOLSDDown 12: Band given minutes to produce music thusTAPE RECORDDDown 15: Corrupt president sent up theatre equipmentRETRACTORDDown 16: Equipment given to one into cooking Italian foodRIGATONIDDown 19: Shop where a band may be seenFINGERDDown 21: A metaphor, perhaps: "A band not suitable for all"TROPEDDown 22: See 2TOUT