The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th September 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th September 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Indicator of foreign postingsSIGNPOSTAAcross 5: A place arranged for the bishop's residencePALACEAAcross 9: A green southern fruitAVOCADOSAAcross 10: Heartless grown-ups form classesGROUPSAAcross 11: Where bluegrass meets bourbon?KENTUCKYAAcross 12: Gnarled, like a granny!KNOTTYAAcross 14: Criteria for assessing magistrates?BENCHMARKSAAcross 18: Ducks with a soft centre?SWEETHEARTAAcross 22: English side won away from homeEXILEDAAcross 23: Sheets used for making projectionsACETATESAAcross 24: Courting regularly even in springORIGINAAcross 25: It's by the wayROADSIDEAAcross 26: Eating in almost dingy surroundingDININGAAcross 27: A South Dorset organisation for diversASSORTEDDDown 1: Heaps of food on boardSTACKSDDown 2: Prepare the pitchGROUNDDDown 3: Commemorative tablet to a dentist?PLAQUEDDown 4: Storeman has talk about business with Banks, onceSHOPKEEPERDDown 6: A friend writing SWALK is one of themACRONYMSDDown 7: In which real duty is abandoned!ADULTERYDDown 8: Try first to become a writerESSAYISTDDown 13: They show frightening ability in their fieldSCARECROWSDDown 15: Radio set shaped like a starASTEROIDDDown 16: Finding Ecstasy in disco disturbanceDECISIONDDown 17: Timon was one in a Neath scrumATHENIANDDown 19: There's a lot about this in HollywoodSTUDIODDown 20: Exact description of a martinetSTRICTDDown 21: Get stoned here in BelgiumOSTEND