The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 6th October 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 6th October 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Officer with American company joining us for African foodCOUSCOUSAAcross 5: Warlord executed for treasonHAW-HAWAAcross 9: A fish swallowing a scrap, something got from seaweedAGAR-AGARAAcross 10: Quiet noise made, knocking back the odd drinkMURMURAAcross 11: Move slowly between church and home for your healthCHINCHINAAcross 12: "Tea For Two" as dance musicCHA-CHAAAcross 14: Take special note, having originally ordered port in spaBADENBADENAAcross 18: One way to buy this land in AustraliaNEVER-NEVERAAcross 22: Fierce person creating problem with teethTARTARAAcross 23: Rude type outside pub, back on a Pacific islandBORABORAAAcross 24: Confined in quarters, admit nothing, keep calm!NOW NOWAAcross 25: One confused host entertains another's big namesHOTSHOTSAAcross 26: Low grade in examinations only boys getTESTESAAcross 27: A flightless bird in her grasp? Right on!HEARHEARDDown 1: Opening with key, he can wrongfully enterCHANCEDDown 2: Kind of language used by cultural iconURALICDDown 3: American author in family group on CyprusCLANCYDDown 4: Dead - unlike Pluto, for exampleUNANIMATEDDDown 6: Short dress a friend put on in sheikdomABU DHABIDDown 7: One police force intervening in domestic crimeHOMICIDEDDown 8: Bias isn't commonly seen in cosmetic treatmentWAR PAINTDDown 13: Formerly altered three, zero and four, sayHERETOFOREDDown 15: Isn't switching partners in court natural behaviour?INSTINCTDDown 16: Frightens girl in love with boyOVERAWESDDown 17: Are a set of rules needed when calling elsewhere?AREA CODEDDown 19: "Arrest that woman", said the emperorCAESARDDown 20: Melancholy detective without loveMOROSEDDown 21: Cable 5 attached to Queen ElizabethHAWSER