The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th September 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th September 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Not what a good retriever would suffer from?AMNESIAAAcross 5: Slash well-built AmericanSOLIDUSAAcross 9: Legs before energy gets to run outLAPSEAAcross 10: Angstrom bewitched women ultimately, pick-ups being his forteSTRONGMANAAcross 11: Ignorant of one French old coin with English dateUNEDUCATEDAAcross 12: Bob's legs turned overSNIPAAcross 14: Prompt idea for processing Maine silkAIDE-MEMOIREAAcross 18: Cool river by college, where memorable items are preservedHIPPOCAMPUSAAcross 21: See 6TERMAAcross 22: Cain converted by a religious person? WrongINACCURATEAAcross 25: A mere man's elected — that's unpardonable!MORTAL SINAAcross 26: Car provided with ring of soundAUDIOAAcross 27: Paving works at lastCOBBLESAAcross 28: Indulge in too much sex, as printers might do?OVERLAYDDown 1: Lithium put in a double sulphate to make garlic, sayALLIUMDDown 2: Relative bearing that's a reliefNEPHEWDDown 3: Risky market trader, ponderous typeSPECULATORDDown 4: Prophet's wife, one splitting tree with axe's leading edgeAISHADDown 5: Merest tap-dancing might get you round Nancy, saySTREETMAPDDown 6: Enduring, so it seems to jaded scholarsLONGDDown 7: A failing of powers of matinee idol's second cast?DEMENTIADDown 8: Cy soundly sleeps with drugs, forming mental connectionsSYNAPSESDDown 13: Unsex poor Mae with loveless kissEMASCULATEDDown 15: Possibly delivered by a GP doing as is orderedDIAGNOSISDDown 16: Regular myth set in rich groundRHYTHMICDDown 17: Eve's material contribution to Chinese dish?SPARERIBDDown 19: Footwear's the making of SalSANDALDDown 20: Computer feature more suitably stuck in well!MEMORYDDown 23: Accommodation swindle presented in two waysCONDODDown 24: Keen women are sickWAIL