The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th September 2019 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th September 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: What greedy types have sadly doesn't start to go away — so, in truth, it's disgusting!SNOUTSINAAcross 6: Endlessly rebel against exploitation — calm down!DEFUSEAAcross 9: See 24ASHLEYAAcross 10: Blast out rocks — not the full amountSUBTOTALAAcross 11: Dives with power to crap — occasionally gull slightly worried tour leaderPLUTOCRATAAcross 13: Be back at bottom (experienced recession)EBBEDAAcross 15: Businessman with nothing? Judgment needs reversingFAT CATAAcross 17: Lines in road, ones round new zoneSTANZAAAcross 18: Began to write in reference bookOPENEDAAcross 19: Others in work turned over very quicklyPRESTOAAcross 21: Financier (or crook) holding over ten million in DelhiCROREAAcross 22: Selfish speech involving quarrel over old school subjectMETALWORKAAcross 25: Sham! Sick country, one has to concludeILLUSIVEAAcross 26: Artist reduced accessINGRESAAcross 28: Fruit harvest originally stops school in ProvenceLYCHEEAAcross 29: Politician with reduced brainpower tries to spinMINISTERDDown 2: Cash needed to keep up a British institution, initiallyNHSDDown 3: Bright? Not when head's goneUNLITDDown 4: Battle of Britain? Let me think (one with many stories to tell)SKYSCRAPERDDown 5: A Sierra! Wrong about Clarkson's last carNISSANDDown 6: Leaving university, coming out with this?DEBTDDown 7: Shamefully common places giving poor support, essentiallyFOODBANKSDDown 8: Effort unrewarded — left in bar at partySLAVELABOURDDown 12: Provided for Ellie splashing out — why one's very easily ledLIFEOFRILEYDDown 14: To save, I grant, was difficult with theseSTARVATIONDDown 16: See 1THETROUGHDDown 20: Get back from Uncle Ed's in about eight minutes (tops)REDEEMDDown 23: See 14WAGESDDown 24: Has meekly compromised over current British businessmanMIKEDDown 27: She's always shortEVE