The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 12th September 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 12th September 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Range of company found by MP on a shipCOMPASSAAcross 5: Not quite a heavyweight vessel?CRUISERAAcross 9: Bulb lit up, when switchedTULIPAAcross 10: I made case out for specialised schoolsACADEMIESAAcross 11: The constitution should be all the better for themAMENDMENTSAAcross 12: A student is after an alternative examORALAAcross 14: It may have a good nap on the flightSTAIR-CARPETAAcross 18: Person with two hips?CHEERLEADERAAcross 21: Some harbour dues with which Indians are conversantURDUAAcross 22: Break away from the craftSHORE LEAVEAAcross 25: Exacting examinations, involving litmus papers?ACIDTESTSAAcross 26: One has to be what one isOWNERAAcross 27: Sending out terminationsENDINGSAAcross 28: Getting fed up about midday?ATLUNCHDDown 1: A yacht capsized in Old ChinaCATHAYDDown 2: Striker appears satisfied about everythingMALLETDDown 3: Ida strips a rampant evergreenASPIDISTRADDown 4: Around morning she gets a feeling of guiltSHAMEDDown 5: Accountant may be after this three-card trickCHARTEREDDDown 6: Takes advantage, gaining three points on centre courtUSESDDown 7: Footholds on the mountSTIRRUPSDDown 8: Determined to give poor Rose an instrumentRESOLUTEDDown 13: Container to list in aircraft manoeuvreBARREL ROLLDDown 15: Sort out that messy collection of stonesAMETHYSTSDDown 16: Precise bill supported by a junior ministerACCURATEDDown 17: It's a blow that has to be facedHEADWINDDDown 19: Girl came in to study the weaponCANNONDDown 20: Want to disguise hatredDEARTHDDown 23: A follower of Ethiopian emperor and a Russian emperor upliftedRASTADDown 24: Heads up to deliver a knock-out blowSTUN