The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st September 2021 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st September 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Old university graduate keeps on penning journalBOLOGNAAAcross 5: Problem with a reggae-style drumbeatRUB-A-DUBAAcross 9: With some medicine bottles, seek waterDOWSEAAcross 10: It ensures well-rounded character votes for Boris?BACKSTORYAAcross 11: What we get called in explosive contestTOURNAMENTAAcross 12: Constituent of Britain, say, lives life on the edgeISLEAAcross 14: Fiancé exhibits such intense stressACUTE ACCENTAAcross 18: Love to enter race, wanting an achievementTOUR DE FORCEAAcross 21: Vessel brewery carries back and forthEWERAAcross 22: Dog I'm unsure about since barking in pound etcCURRENCIESAAcross 25: One jogging without a restREMAINDERAAcross 26: Beater back from reserve overrun by deerHEARTAAcross 27: Work of satirist failing to secure new agentsDUNCIADAAcross 28: It helps climbers in large area with dry rocksLATTICEDDown 1: They clean behind empty drainpipe in segmentsBIDETSDDown 2: Rough clothing ladies perhaps will be revealingLOW-CUTDDown 3: Permits daughter aboard vehicles fit for Greta?GREENCARDSDDown 4: Black-hearted crystalline compound snaps here?ALBUMDDown 5: Err with count badly, needing to engage a tellerRACONTEURDDown 6: Forest's something eliminated by Brazilian presidentBUSHDDown 7: Rearing up, tame animals cross thresholdDOORSTEPDDown 8: About to dip into novel but Hay Festival's hereBAYREUTHDDown 13: PC still checks on description of stolen goodsSCREENSHOTDDown 15: Spotted in nude, wrong is only allegedUNFOUNDEDDDown 16: Old king of Spain left in debt-ridden stateETHELREDDDown 17: Star's welcoming wave in Barnet, meeting a heroSUPERMANDDown 19: Celebration: a wild, crazy oneDIWALIDDown 20: Fly east over the Channel, then again northwardsTSETSEDDown 23: Game with two sides touring a countryRURALDDown 24: Curtailed ape's role in Italian operaMIMI