The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st September 2015 There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st September 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Set about upstart to get promotionSTEP-UPAAcross 5: Woeful expression over financial centre's indecent behaviourSALACITYAAcross 9: One line in Arabic translated as "somewhere in Italy"CALABRIAAAcross 10: Miles enters sporting heat for the communityHAMLETAAcross 11: Pest controller uses arsenic with a scary cryASBOAAcross 12: Spacecraft with new inside (ultimately inferior, granted) is not overlookedUNFORGIVENAAcross 13: Diminutive cover for cook's dish cracked by pubPINNIEAAcross 14: Etruscan cast out as dissenterRECUSANTAAcross 16: Horny tip from second city of old queen?SURROYALAAcross 19: Quit when Hoover put awayVACATEAAcross 21: As a selective killer, Charlie bid for changeHERBICIDALAAcross 23: Man's one non-Latin threadISLEAAcross 24: One-time domain of French drink agentsMERCIAAAcross 25: Thespian needs some whisky — act suffers without oneDRAMATICAAcross 26: Pen outside of faltering reach of English literary figureSTRACHEYAAcross 27: One's bothered by exclamation no moreENOUGHDDown 2: Eastern males in madly frustrating process of becoming exaltedTRANSFIGUREMENTDDown 3: Philosopher working for a group with a common purposePLATOONDDown 4: Odour production from vapour-filled alcoholic drinkPERFUMERYDDown 5: Scottish island's casually spoken permanent employeeSTAFFERDDown 6: Note a river's mud flowLAHARDDown 7: Force to appear in pathetic sitcom — sugar-coated fareCOMFITSDDown 8: Narrator unavailable? Your guess is as good as mineTHERESNOTELLINGDDown 15: White wine, laced, spoilt processionCAVALCADEDDown 17: Old instrument: state feminine nameREBECCADDown 18: Celebration of US city having variable input to World War II eventLADY DAYDDown 20: City's smart to acquire ace shotCHICAGODDown 22: Ready to fence river fallCRASH