The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 22nd September 2000 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 22nd September 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Hog the motorway? Give over!DOMINATEAAcross 9: Guided by instinct, did nothingIDLEDAAcross 10: Find fault with vehicle parkingCARPAAcross 11: Rang from no great distanceSHORT-RANGEAAcross 12: Narrow Southern characteristicSTRAITAAcross 14: In grave recession one's after a little work to bear fruitBERGAMOTAAcross 15: It's difficult to keep order when she's aboutDEBORAHAAcross 17: What journalist witnessed is destined for cuttingHACK SAWAAcross 17: What journalist witnessed is destined for cuttingHACKSAWAAcross 20: Task covered by worker, a lonerANCHORETAAcross 22: Chemical can be made up at shop, ...POTASHAAcross 23: ... remedy for when the wife collapses?DUTCHDROPSAAcross 24: The key to higher education?YALEAAcross 25: Loner resolved to joinENROLAAcross 26: 100% green product may cause unhealthy reactionALLERGENDDown 1: Theologian no go at operatic workIOLANTHEDDown 2: Pander to a sanctimonious politicianPIMPDDown 3: Fool gets involved in gamble over a dogBASSETDDown 4: Soldiers lack faith in defenceREDOUBTDDown 5: End of the line for the House of HanoverVICTORIADDown 6: Where to get a cheap jumper?FLEA MARKETDDown 6: Where to get a cheap jumper?FLEAMARKETDDown 7: Soldier makes love with a girl in a leisurely wayADAGIODDown 13: A drug he's no right to carry?APOTHECARYDDown 16: Dog needs a top class leader for trainingAIREDALEDDown 18: Jack you may forgiveABSOLVERDDown 19: Turkish test included in Western alliance set-upOTTOMANDDown 21: Some nasty turn on the briny?NAUSEADDown 22: Soft steel being flexible, it needs mortarPESTLEDDown 24: But there are more than three flat feet hereYARD