The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd September 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd September 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Comedy I will introduce, though in disagreeable moodILL HUMOURAAcross 10: Fake gem loses weight in the riverRHINEAAcross 11: Given Biblical books in mixed gradeGRANTEDAAcross 12: After a month, comes round with unusual seemlinessDECORUMAAcross 13: Fog dispersal arrangement once provided back at partyFIDOAAcross 14: Get the message subject to control of partnershipUNDERSTANDAAcross 16: Hide the portHARBOURAAcross 17: Support compassion mostly for animal enclosureBEARPITAAcross 19: Business traveller? That goes with the jobCOMPANYCARAAcross 22: Food shop included in the guidelinesDELIAAcross 24: Better old city parking, as on board?SURPASSAAcross 25: Leave a bar with university teacherABANDONAAcross 26: Firm requiring alloy for new developmentLOYALAAcross 27: Lancaster, possibly from a long lineANCESTRALDDown 1: Folk seething - cat set about gameKINGOFTHECASTLEDDown 2: The shrub to bend over in the riverOLEANDERDDown 3: Sequence of movements to satisfy the EastSUITEDDown 4: A man of capital?LONDONERDDown 5: Go over book on hog's backBRIDGEDDown 6: The burglar works out on the islandCRACKSMANDDown 7: I go astray in South Africa's mountainsSIERRADDown 8: Atlantic figure of doomBERMUDA TRIANGLEDDown 15: Capable of going round register on boardROTATABLEDDown 17: Worrying time by canal in an obvious stateBLATANCYDDown 18: Advocates conductors to follow pianoPLEADERSDDown 20: Persecute damage on rubber ring, mainlyMARTYRDDown 21: He agrees with leader and eyes manifesto contributionYES-MANDDown 23: Occasion: flag day for a good one?CAUSE