The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 22nd September 2006 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 22nd September 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Smell hung over townBOROUGHAAcross 5: Directly opposed including backup in demandPOPULARAAcross 9: Notices division?SECTIONAAcross 10: Stuff stuffedWORSTEDAAcross 11: Possible producer of wind instrumentFLAGEOLETAAcross 12: Best French star makes comeback nonethelessELITEAAcross 13: I'm within settled restrictionLIMITAAcross 15: Rover's whelp returned stick to the QueenBUCCANEERAAcross 17: See one's spring in broken cribBISHOPRICAAcross 19: Interminably wind from the east, returning to central pointNAVELAAcross 22: Menswear?CHAPSAAcross 23: One who works at moving lines on map isn't sackedPOINTSMANAAcross 25: Put right about clothingREDRESSAAcross 26: Learned it in coarse English firstERUDITEAAcross 27: Top brand of car's close to invincibleMARQUEEAAcross 28: Bush talk for "see!"LIP-READAAcross 28: Bush talk for "see!"LIPREADDDown 1: Shy hit near maximumBASHFULDDown 2: Win from evil by working miracleRECLAIMDDown 3: Make one sir, as Tarzan might be heard to sayUNITEDDown 4: It steers worker to the French watering holeHANDLEBARDDown 5: Bird exercises judgmentPEWITDDown 6: China's almost swinish about booze-upPORCELAINDDown 7: Where John's at hand in military formationLATRINEDDown 8: Lake, on reflection, inhabited by oriental animalRED DEERDDown 14: Wedding outfit depicted by artist (Theodore, not Henri)TROUSSEAUDDown 16: Said to be a dying insect?COCHINEALDDown 17: Material made by beastly malesBUCKRAMDDown 18: Bad-mouth topless Tahitian, for exampleSLANDERDDown 20: Corpse that crosschecks?VAMPIREDDown 21: It's got from flax backed over bearingsLINSEEDDDown 23: Group of lawmen have last ship scuttledPOSSEDDown 24: Ruff at rear end of bodyTRUMP