The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th October 2006 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th October 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Simple tart dressing in the fieldBASIC SLAGAAcross 6: Decline for which doctor finds nothing to workDROOPAAcross 9: Bear incorporated old settlementINCURAAcross 10: Foremost in Fletcher's line of attack?ARROWHEADAAcross 11: Could it make ferret wash?FRESH WATERAAcross 11: Could it make ferret wash?FRESHWATERAAcross 12: Game point short of levelSTAGAAcross 14: Complicated clue for covering bad ballLUCILLEAAcross 15: Model with a gait that makes no senseTWADDLEAAcross 17: No vintage wine hereNEWPORTAAcross 19: Ed and Cissy arranged removal of coatECDYSISAAcross 20: The Guardian turns on politician - there may be oil in itSUMPAAcross 22: Telegraph - garbled English communication systemTELPHERAGEAAcross 25: Private parts information to EU countryGENITALIAAAcross 26: Speak what could be true - and about time!UTTERAAcross 27: Landscapes perhaps seen to go backwards in thisTRAINAAcross 28: Because trust is required, sign off with thisSINCERELYDDown 1: Instructions with strong cheeseBRIEFDDown 2: CE cowards put out doctrine of all-male clergy, saySACRED COWDDown 3: Where vehicles come to a standstill with no turning backCARSHALTONDDown 4: Greenery provides shelter in which to have a smokeLEAFAGEDDown 5: Coat perhaps for man without a limbGARMENTDDown 6: Direction of Jones's partner before end of depression?DOWNDDown 7: It's clear from Dover to CalaisOVERTDDown 8: Gymnastic qualifications reported lines of class evolutionPEDIGREESDDown 13: How to hold one's ground?LAND TENUREDDown 14: Need for reading glasses in ManchesterLONGSIGHTDDown 16: Ten dismal components to take apartDISMANTLEDDown 18: Top liners weightlift in woodTREBLESDDown 19: Account for one's involvement in abandoned schemeEXPLAINDDown 21: Stated method of provision in the desertMANNADDown 23: Count on first year in good timeEARLYDDown 24: Heads up - it's a knockoutSTUN