The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 14th October 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 14th October 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lawman's obligation to keep recordDEPUTYAAcross 4: Worldly worker briefly employed testTEMPORALAAcross 9: Running loop quickly swung pointNOOSEAAcross 10: Foreign race has in form team short of one childHOTTENTOTAAcross 11: Vehicle's wear markSPORTS CARAAcross 12: Come to terms to do with time-outAGREEAAcross 13: Bite at annual festivity is not to be hadUNATTAINABLEAAcross 17: Fuss found in Oklahoma?SONG AND DANCEAAcross 20: Peculiar flavour of a capital city in its own wordsAROMAAAcross 21: Article located corrupt storytellingANECDOTALAAcross 23: Wanted picture producer?IDENTIKITAAcross 24: Outgrown sinWRONGAAcross 25: Test requirement that's set too high?OVERRATEAAcross 26: Bring forward porter to take stageALLEGEDDown 1: Sport help given to cover child-rearing by one out of touchDINOSAURDDown 2: Plan for time cut out of delivery servicePROPOSALDDown 3: Article at length details robberyTHEFTDDown 5: 17, for example, get in with chaps splitting spoilENTERTAINMENTDDown 6: Won when people start to give up about onePREVAILEDDDown 7: Cycling club?ROTARYDDown 8: Thing for turning right in flapLATHERDDown 10: Is it worn after smoking one?HACKINGJACKETDDown 14: Crewless vessel according to Matthew?TWOMASTERDDown 15: Ingrained fault rings incompleteKNOTHOLEDDown 16: Mirrored, say, in poor line of woman's gownNEGLIGEEDDown 18: Musical I composed with incidental materialCALICODDown 19: Join firm in this positionCOHEREDDown 22: Pintails prosperDOWEL