The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 27th September 2006 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 27th September 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: First third or fifth of the over? CuriousODDBALLAAcross 5: See 4MANETTEAAcross 9: Runner Steve, run!SCRAMAAcross 10: Bobby at Tate Britain?CONSTABLEAAcross 11: Wanting the technique - that would pull the girls?FAINTHEARTAAcross 12: Prominent leaderBOSSAAcross 14: Before boy keeping 5 among sleuths, possibly old hatDOLLYVARDENAAcross 18: In a manner of speaking, my French and German hardwareIRONMONGERYAAcross 21: See about number after 19EMLYAAcross 22: Correct wear for the stage?PROPERTIESAAcross 25: See 20SUMMERSONAAcross 26: Drawback familiar to film directorHITCHAAcross 27: Star in the East?ESTELLAAAcross 28: Fellow politician always fellow?COMPEERDDown 1: Turn to fossil (if fifty were unknown)OSSIFYDDown 2: See 19DORRITDDown 3: Drink engulfs bullfighter or missing master painterALMATADEMADDown 4: I came out in a crescentLUCIEDDown 5: Type of verse inspired by daemon or HymenMONORHYMEDDown 6: A minute of musicNOTEDDown 7: Look after sailor in well-ordered surroundings - not like us!TABLOIDYDDown 8: Service flat at little expenseEVENSONGDDown 13: Form of army biscuit?MARYGRAHAMDDown 15: County reduced by oxidisation to a paperLINCRUSTADDown 16: Publican maybe from another scene in fictionLICENSEEDDown 17: Bandage holding broken lip, skip as high as permitted - the sky?TOPLIMITDDown 19: Letters were guide to gold - go slow!LITTLEDDown 20: Set out before her season's in progressESTHERDDown 23: Fear article in filmPANICDDown 24: Last sound to be heard after 19?NELL