The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 27th October 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 27th October 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: No. 9's illness or mine, first offFLUORINEAAcross 9: Treat disease with drug backed by crab's foot?EXOPODAAcross 10: Fixer for breeders?STUDAAcross 11: Boy's love left in sound Spanish cityVALLADOLIDAAcross 12: Device for ship in Sri Lanka port, reportedlyANCHORAAcross 14: No. 7, otherwise 9, taking in opening for cave-dwellerNITROGENAAcross 15: Fretful baby left fretful cat outsideMEWLERAAcross 17: No. 2's first turn in device for shipHELIUMAAcross 20: No. 1's information on spa outbuildingHYDROGENAAcross 22: No. 76, the big one - don't talk about itOSMIUMAAcross 23: No. 15, Venus anadyomenePHOSPHORUSAAcross 24: No. 30 and last, limited?ZINCAAcross 25: No. 27, as Latvian to LithuanianCOBALTAAcross 26: No. 51 is opposed to un-English currencyANTIMONYDDown 1: No. 78, fruit in a can? On the contrary, outranking ...PLATINUMDDown 2: ... No. 79, first, and ...GOLDDDown 3: ... No. 47, secondSILVERDDown 4: Riposte with sword, retaining skill with right openingREPARTEEDDown 5: Doctors No. 11, mostly additive to foodMONOSODIUMDDown 6: No. 53 has 10 to eatIODINEDDown 8: Making 'ole in place of films?EALINGDDown 13: How difficult without aspiration to rule (the Tories?) in the old TV serialHOWARDSWAYDDown 16: Basis of meringues, for example, each way without a particleEGG WHITEDDown 18: The Guardian's name in China is blackMOURNINGDDown 19: Girl in England? Really a boy in ItalyANDREADDown 21: Swift men, apparently got up thus, love horses' foodYAHOOSDDown 22: When to shoot, say, at the workplace?ON-SITEDDown 24: Almost the last word in fermentationZYME