The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th September 2013 There are 13 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th September 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: Bound once more to precede senior clergywoman (some day?)BISHOPAAcross 6: Turning tail, Stan discovers lost cityATLANTISAAcross 9: Float around nothing in vacuumHOOVERAAcross 10: Put on (performed), holding back euphemismAFFECTEDAAcross 11: Cent in change causes disputeALTERCATIONAAcross 15: Stick in broken fragment, having lost first bit of mosaicENGRAFTAAcross 17: Take weight off king, priest and first ladyRELIEVEAAcross 18: Hence no wonderful hankering for far from wonderful personSON OF A BITCHAAcross 18: Hence no wonderful hankering for far from wonderful personSONOFABITCHAAcross 22: Hold back when others pourRESTRAINAAcross 23: Interrupted by apex of triangle — spherical, or getting on that way?ROTUNDAAcross 24: Marketing method making unhaloed heads rollHARD SELLAAcross 25: Empty cesspit into such a tank?SEPTICDDown 1: Act getting equipment to turn cornerDOG-EARDDown 1: Act getting equipment to turn cornerDOGEARDDown 2: Emits gas skyward, securing incomplete image of sports iconSTEFFI GRAFDDown 3: Like Dad's mate embracing a birdPATERNALDDown 4: Slightly sweaty man put back inside and executedBEHEADEDDDown 5: Want inshore label?SHORTAGEDDown 7: Thank you — thank you and goodbye!TATADDown 8: Fusses about with soft drinkSODADDown 12: Block keeping drunken sot on US city's sideASTONVILLADDown 13: Do away with troubled rest in pipeDESTRUCTDDown 14: Following rules, doctor's kept boiling hotMETHODICDDown 16: Recondite, strong, offensive language put aboutABSTRUSEDDown 19: Intermediary's more skint?BROKERDDown 20: Super-10ARCHDDown 21: Junky delivering final bits of The Walrus and the CarpenterUSER