The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 9th September 2013 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 9th September 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Artist in copperCONSTABLEAAcross 8: Charge made on collectionONSETAAcross 9: Rod, pole, but plainly not perchPIKESTAFFAAcross 10: He leads many to sinDEVILAAcross 12: Not the way to walk or speak, surely?FALTERAAcross 13: Mother queueing for InterCity travel?MAIN LINEAAcross 13: Mother queueing for InterCity travel?MAINLINEAAcross 14: Naturally good leg-spinnersSPIDERSAAcross 17: Jailbird before the bench has to toe the lineCONFORMAAcross 20: Dance involving sailors — one form of exerciseHORNPIPEAAcross 22: Fool it's silly to helpASSISTAAcross 24: Catch a right during a fightSPRATAAcross 25: Animal in company with suspicious birdCASSOWARYAAcross 26: A gift for dishonesty?BRIBEAAcross 27: No friendly blaze to give soldiers a warm welcomeENEMYFIREDDown 1: She's barely remembered as being against oppressive taxesGODIVADDown 2: Agreed sea tends to be roughASSENTEDDDown 3: Agent works without endFACTORDDown 4: Reputation for enjoying poor health?ILL FAMEDDown 5: Girl has the French rising temperANNEALDDown 6: Couturier resigned in a tantrumDESIGNERDDown 11: Duck takes cover on the beachLIDODDown 15: Shakespearean magician's ring vanishes with flourishesPROSPERSDDown 16: Bird run over by a trainRAILDDown 18: Loud-mouthed female union member to use the rod firstFISHWIFEDDown 19: Keeps breaking down in tearsRETAINSDDown 21: Awful barney not far awayNEARBYDDown 22: Put it on without being told?ASSUMEDDown 23: Wrongly arrest French intellectualSARTRE