The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 1st September 2016 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 1st September 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wise man immersed in drink rolling over to see starsPEGASUSAAcross 5: Inspired Democrat lagging behind popular Italian dictator?INDUCEDAAcross 9: People on staff matter to bossHEAD COUNTAAcross 9: People on staff matter to bossHEADCOUNTAAcross 10: A classical man to you and me represents something harmfulVIRUSAAcross 11: Archbishop's envoy reported delayWAITAAcross 12: Dodgy shiner not ultimately genuineRHINESTONEAAcross 14: Endure losing a sheepWETHERAAcross 15: Firm's contractCOMPACTAAcross 16: North African countries suffering big harmMAGHRIBAAcross 18: Row created by the French to festerRANKLEAAcross 20: Dryden character in a note on work he leftACHITOPHELAAcross 21: Note put about in the morning conveys unwanted messageSPAMAAcross 24: Star inside nebula not entirely detectableDENEBAAcross 25: Home worker engaging nurse and managerINTENDANTAAcross 26: Name of London street hiding a chemicalREAGENTAAcross 27: Briefly arrange private office in German cityDRESDENDDown 1: Playwright beginning with page that expresses contemptPSHAWDDown 2: Managed to break into holiday home — it's very hardGRANITEDDown 3: Little nonentity not in cliqueSECTDDown 4: Billy Graham type is "OT/NT-basher", put unfairlySOUTHERN BAPTISTDDown 5: Accident insurer finally sorted out, giving apology for mistakeISTANDCORRECTEDDDown 6: I mend TV set that's broken for selling offDIVESTMENTDDown 7: City girl keeping a date that brings new lifeCORDOBADDown 8: Examine and discredit one form of therapyDISSECTDDown 13: Kind to preside over slightly twisted boardCHARITABLEDDown 16: Put illiterately, Queen and I go walkaboutMEANDERDDown 17: Boleyn and husband, say, set up in hellish situationGEHENNADDown 19: A place bathed in light? Not in the winterLAPLANDDDown 22: Morning — chief time to get stuck inMATINDDown 23: Inadequacy of computer being set up is concerningINRE