The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 12th September 2019 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 12th September 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Talk covers an about-turn by the head of ecumenical religious officeRABBINATEAAcross 10: What's in author's envelope is fatal, if swallowed by an old ladyHORSEAAcross 11: Leaves with story about making Cornish pastySPINACHAAcross 12: I am shocked with young and old extremists joining resistance unitOHMYGODAAcross 13: Slim figure at last is yours!THINEAAcross 14: High level of the gender problemNTHDEGREEAAcross 16: Open marriage initially helped to clean out film-makerCINEMATOGRAPHERAAcross 19: Talked about less healthy lands covered in heather, bracken and treesSYCAMORESAAcross 21: Stomach upset oddly not seen in school discoCOLICAAcross 22: Old broken chair engulfed by currentARCHAICAAcross 23: Brush round a French officers' mess onceGUN ROOMAAcross 23: Brush round a French officers' mess onceGUNROOMAAcross 24: What may be found in the gut in ulcerative colitisE. COLIAAcross 25: Jury may be missing one sideELEVENMENDDown 1: Nitty-gritty of piles below underwearBRASSTACKSDDown 2: Ignorance of Bach's first violin playingOBLIVIONDDown 3: Academic abandons extravagant tieLIGATEDDown 4: Flog cash, reducing capital by 50%LASHDDown 5: A poo gushes out from this part of the digestive systemOESOPHAGUSDDown 6: This man turned over region chasing ultimate in psychopathic monsterCHIMAERADDown 7: Urge to break into the perimeter of Kashmir's national parkKRUGERDDown 8: Grain yield reportSEEDDDown 14: Something from Tchaikovsky for Brazil?NUTCRACKERDDown 15: Rising affluence meant 'China era' not as plannedENRICHMENTDDown 17: Colonial address back in Nairobi has memoriesMEMSAHIBDDown 18: One theologian upset over love for cheeseHALLOUMIDDown 20: Copper and cook disrupted interloperCUCKOODDown 21: Curved kind of oven found in empty chateauxCONVEXDDown 22: Help N-Z?ABETDDown 23: Delight at the start of 'Gimme Shelter'GLEE