The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 5th September 2012

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 5th September 2012. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Instant support
AAcross 4:	Booze or smack?
AAcross 9:	Lacking reputation despite anything to the contrary
AAcross 10:	Nationalist leader had gin cocktail
AAcross 11:	Odds on getting good service
AAcross 12:	Called into action, when out to lunch
AAcross 14:	Romeo was sick, when criticised
AAcross 15:	Bellini heroine left well-adjusted
AAcross 18:	Look for the men of Smithfield
AAcross 21:	Put off drinking? I am showing calibre!
AAcross 22:	Reproach worker trapping vermin
AAcross 24:	Cover trials only, perhaps, in a contentious way
AAcross 25:	Wrinkled, being submerged about an hour
AAcross 26:	Relative runs away from trouble
DDown 1:	Theatre adopts alternative accommodation
DDown 2:	Browbeaten officer got married
DDown 3:	Bagatelle overturned on night out
DDown 5:	Enthusiast accepted pal's posh recipe
DDown 6:	Female metalworker relieved in South Africa	LADYSMITH
DDown 7:	Zionist leader leaves Cornish town as act of atonement
DDown 8:	Mount fashionable dances
DDown 13:	Two masters introduced to change their own college
DDown 16:	Zero? Less than zero? About zero? That's unpromising!
DDown 17:	Tolerate drink that's a disappointment
DDown 17:	Tolerate drink that's a disappointment
DDown 18:	Hurtful counterplot?
DDown 19:	Sauce bachelor's put in Mexican food
DDown 20:	Chatterbox loses head when seeing snake
DDown 23:	Get to deliver a sermon, but not quietly