The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 11th September 2014 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 11th September 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Short pronouncement welcomed by second doctorMEDICOAAcross 4: Story going either wayAGASAGAAAcross 9: Two queens push out old character with extraordinary powersSUPERHEROAAcross 10: Blade that can swivelROTORAAcross 11: Taxman goes after birdTITHEAAcross 12: Gravy label inaccurate by a small marginJUST ABOUTAAcross 13: Make rigid wood that's switched into pliable typePETRIFYAAcross 15: God almost frames the Church for fraudDECEITAAcross 17: Male kidnapping terrorist leader, an assassinHIT MANAAcross 17: Male kidnapping terrorist leader, an assassinHITMANAAcross 19: Cook strangling duck, a thugGORILLAAAcross 22: One plans a ring with new earringsORGANISERAAcross 24: Slow mover's eighth position?SLOTHAAcross 26: Rich cake's wrong cake, ultimatelyTORTEAAcross 27: Does one produce funny goods with rare wit?GAGWRITERAAcross 28: Humility the way with beastly homeMODESTYAAcross 29: Figure covered in paint went yellowTWENTYDDown 1: Error sees girl on the favourite upendedMISSTEPDDown 2: Warehouse has to come off drugs?DEPOTDDown 3: Little money invested in Medicare, unfortunately, so live for today!CARPEDIEMDDown 4: Excited, finding milk in a barAROUSEDDDown 5: Extract from Kafka or Tallis that comes straight from the heartAORTADDown 6: A harlot, I suspect, stealing Waugh's heart as a novelist?AUTHORIALDDown 7: Pass gas through all extra lids with speedAERATEDDown 8: River bird hit playerDEEJAYDDown 14: Collecting boatyard worker, Sailor Heath set offTRIGGEREDDDown 16: Port's sailors, one accessing vessel?CORKSCREWDDown 18: Spooner's horse does this for a bunch of flowersNOSEGAYDDown 19: Attachment to the house music genreGARAGEDDown 20: In which butts mishplaced?ASHTRAYDDown 21: A cheeky Shakespearean role?BOTTOMDDown 23: Scottish vegetables observed being uprooted, including a pea, we hearNEEPSDDown 25: Perhaps daily newspaper to cut one outOFTEN