The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 17th June 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 17th June 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Talking sweet talk in 20MOOSEJAWAAcross 5: Report publishes "bear in 20"PRINCEAAcross 9: Daytime unaffected in 20MONTREALAAcross 10: "Retreat of Hindu a fraud", claims religious leaderASHRAMAAcross 11: Signs books in 20, perhapsNOTATIONAAcross 12: Wrap fashion designer has onCOCOONAAcross 14: Barely audible pop, when starved of oxygen?PIANISSIMOAAcross 18: Privileged, one given capital to invest in transport at all stationsUBIQUITOUSAAcross 22: Live wire switched over a lot in effectDYNAMOAAcross 23: Sailor holding bend in rope, figures stableSTATUARYAAcross 24: See 5RUPERTAAcross 25: Informal greeting welcoming in two states from the rangeHIMALAYAAAcross 26: A river recedes in 20REGINAAAcross 27: Satisfying drug, as in cannabis, for examplePLEASANTDDown 1: Flash major part (not small) outside gentsMOMENTDDown 2: Fancy 9 without borders out of controlORNATEDDown 3: Schemer in time makes mistakesERRATADDown 4: Experts on bodies converting to SatanismANATOMISTSDDown 6: Shortly, see person out, then returnRESPONSEDDown 7: Pole and its location, around circle, numbingNARCOTICDDown 8: Never swelling up about head of Mafia in 20EDMONTONDDown 13: Where some mites taking refuge set up businessINDUSTRIALDDown 15: One who hits turning on object hit with little hesitationMURDERERDDown 16: Get shot, say, in 20WINNIPEGDDown 17: Spooner's game over in practiceDUMMYRUNDDown 19: Outrageous abroad for a Scot in 20OTTAWADDown 20: See sting removed from South American native far north of thereCANADADDown 21: Hitler starts to tremble and yells one of his speeches?TYRANT