The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 13th September 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 13th September 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Shovelhead fools little fishSPRATSAAcross 4: Type in a flutter about Grand National?EGYPTIANAAcross 9: Regulated state - alternative to Red Revolution?ORDERAAcross 10: Soon one's buried in church and, having died, is made a saintCANONISEDAAcross 11: Top man, by not retiring, starts to lack authority, increasing resentmentTONY BLAIRAAcross 12: Three major engagements here contributing to military presenceYPRESAAcross 13: Man rings club members - that's the procedure with clues like thisUNSCRAMBLINGAAcross 17: Under treatment?HYPNOTHERAPYAAcross 20: It's cold on top of Carrock FellCHILLAAcross 21: Aquarius, for example, is a capital enhancementHAIRPIECEAAcross 23: Banner seen from a mile offORIFLAMMEAAcross 24: Payment docked for booked swimmerSALARAAcross 25: Small party in Pretoria almost went wrong with wineSANCERREAAcross 26: Challenge issued by Atalanta for flower arrangement?RACEMEDDown 1: Bob found a quicker routeSHORTCUTDDown 2: State of health demonstrated by sticking out tongue?RUDENESSDDown 3: Pound discovered in bathrobeTHROBDDown 5: Officers' transport in 1926?GENERALSTRIKEDDown 6: Girl climbing volcano? It's of no great significancePENNY ANTEDDown 7: Newspaper supplement, perhaps, is rent asunderINSERTDDown 8: An enthusiast without a bit of dress sense is seenNUDISTDDown 10: One fellow's taken another fellow's pigeon? Keats first looked into itCHAPMANSHOMERDDown 14: A couple of chaps not happy in the shadeROYAL BLUEDDown 15: Bones in the head all turned to pointPATELLAEDDown 16: I say, lovelorn O'Dowd?BYGEORGEDDown 18: Cast, cast or castACTORSDDown 19: Half of Peruvian lake depicted by an old masterTITIANDDown 22: Adolescent infatuation with a Turkish officialPASHA