The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 8th September 2006 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 8th September 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See 2PICKINGAAcross 5: Shook head in retreat, drainedWOBBLEDAAcross 9: This composition is satisfied, having entered religious workMOTETAAcross 10: Paid off debt and moved in to penthouse suite?SETTLEDUPAAcross 11: Line taken by failed con, in short was dealt with here?CROWNCOURTAAcross 12: Relative introduces herself as goddessISISAAcross 14: This is a rag I hunted outTHEGUARDIANAAcross 18: Some brain required, where the students wallow?HIPPOCAMPUSAAcross 21: Livingstone couldn't stand the heat, which is irritatingITCHAAcross 22: Unbelievable performance of a drunkard?STAGGERINGAAcross 25: Homes were rebuilt without specific foundationsSOMEWHEREAAcross 26: Ape's tail taken to heart - something like itORGANAAcross 27: Such used to secure victory, having to draw about a quarterWING-NUTAAcross 28: Material of Welsh separatists?TAFFETADDown 1: Scrubber turns up with quiet typesPUMICEDDown 2: Work of slaves, damnedCOTTONDDown 3: Where immigrants come to see pitchINTONATIONDDown 4: Relish rush over loveGUSTODDown 5: Steeplechase obstacle appears right after a wet false startWATER JUMPDDown 6: Quickly eat duck in sandwichBOLTDDown 7: Noble term of address for Queen Mary, perhaps?LADYSHIPDDown 8: Forcefully removing sulphur, one entering to remove smell?DEPOSINGDDown 13: Chests are revealed to contain shilling - journalist fed upBRASSEDOFFDDown 15: Beat up workers in sober performanceENACTMENTDDown 16: Charles carries home a wife - could this cause a messy separation?CHAIN SAWDDown 16: Charles carries home a wife - could this cause a messy separation?CHAINSAWDDown 17: Second fast bowler, one out of this worldSPACEMANDDown 19: Without a partner, one is releasedSINGLEDDown 20: Country saying: "Me goose, ___"UGANDADDown 23: Enormous scratch by the earGREATDDown 24: Bird or bard beginning to seem paleSWAN