The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd September 2016 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd September 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Trump certain to lose energy and goSURPASSAAcross 5: Rotten firm run by Murdoch ignores margins of errorCORRUPTAAcross 10: Tell the police about entrance to secret vaultSHOPAAcross 11: Hype and forward a flyer, sayPROPAGANDAAAcross 12: Swap parts of steam baths in island capitalNASSAUAAcross 13: Ben undergoes sex change in springFOUNTAINAAcross 14: Old gardener saves sodium to apply endlesslyAD NAUSEAMAAcross 16: Iron with upper handWEDGEAAcross 17: Ben leaves pope a FiatEDICTAAcross 19: 9 agree rift should be resolvedGREATFIREAAcross 23: Loony nearly cut second column marking start of 9MONUMENTAAcross 24: Record-keeper extremely lovely in uniformEVELYNAAcross 26: First strikers emerge from gorse tangled with grassAGGRESSORSAAcross 27: Look at, look up, go awayOGLEAAcross 28: Trainee journalist withdrawn during prankSTUDENTAAcross 29: A small hotel on Skye distributed fruitASHKEYSDDown 2: Keats' sweeter melodies are so lacking in judgment?UNHEARDDDown 3: "It could be dyspepsia", said this journalist, hiccupingPEPYSDDown 4: Stone setter's building destroyed in 19STPAULSDDown 6: Obscure work, one by that ParisianOPAQUEDDown 7: Typical Sunday fare? Criticise and complainROAST BEEFDDown 8: Swanky big supporter breaks leg on golf coursePUDDINGDDown 9: Prisoners helping to quell start of fierce blazeCONFLAGRATIONDDown 15: Knight left relation flushed and equipped for battleACCOUTREDDDown 18: Lack of water and bread keeps king tenseDROUGHTDDown 20: Fool is preserving record in sterile conditionASEPSISDDown 21: Charles and family's percentage of revenueROYALTYDDown 22: Not so busy class enthralled by Beatles songsLESSONDDown 25: English jeer king's modern literature?EBOOK