The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 17th September 2004 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 17th September 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Read about Blair backing restraintDAMPERAAcross 4: High-minded killjoy gets in the way of treating milkUPRIGHTAAcross 9: Cover for sleeper makes bottom grow biggerBEDSPREADAAcross 10: Shy people round the North take tiny stepsMINCEAAcross 11: Sticky substance makes you fall againRESINAAcross 12: Two boozers getting round us, being uncivilisedBARBAROUSAAcross 13: Sound of car horn that is hard on the chiefHONKINGAAcross 15: Mixed choir holds onto dead flowerORCHIDAAcross 17: Fibres working loose in underpantsBRIEFSAAcross 19: Red tape cut and decreased in thicknessTAPEREDAAcross 22: Re-run bath cured painHEARTBURNAAcross 24: Up in arms freebooter is beheadedIRATEAAcross 26: One captured by formal King of TroyPRIAMAAcross 27: A loose pig is running wild, so say sorryAPOLOGISEAAcross 28: Wild flower in shadow shot upDOG ROSEAAcross 29: Lay out fashionable underwearINVESTDDown 1: Difficult to hold an award up, Ms KerrDEBORAHDDown 2: Rich king keeps it dark when standing upMIDASDDown 3: Dear husband no longer preoccupiedEXPENSIVEDDown 4: Experience lower than lifeUNDERGODDown 5: Dance with spirit, back half visibleRUMBADDown 6: No-hoper holds false idol to be one who rowsGONDOLIERDDown 7: Fly in trial upside down over SoutheastTSETSEDDown 8: Flawed agate, black inside, is soaked in boiling waterTEA BAGDDown 14: Stretched up, standing and unfoldingNARRATINGDDown 16: Sign of island growthCAPRICORNDDown 18: This type of dog must get wise about AmericaSAUSAGEDDown 19: Worthless money given to KittyTINPOTDDown 20: Most obscure deed unfinished, leading to annoyanceDEEPESTDDown 21: Influence group of journalists in the outhouseSHAPEDDDown 23: Work gathered up in timeTEMPODDown 25: Whisper some of Spinoza's ideasASIDE