The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th October 2006 There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th October 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: Reviewer whose leader takes two steps back in type of acidCRITICAAcross 6: Indicator of how to finish letters?SIGNPOSTAAcross 9: Fine beverage inducing drunken tranceNECTARAAcross 10: Unsophisticated GI reacts oddlyAGRESTICAAcross 11: Refractory book about currency unitsTROUBLESOMEAAcross 15: Saucepan's ready for use - take it and see what happens!POTSHOTAAcross 17: Losing energy, upset honeypot in high windTYPHOONAAcross 18: Stiffener and preservative in courtSTAR CHAMBERAAcross 22: End of American semester?TERMINUSAAcross 23: Key provided guidance about informationLEGENDAAcross 24: Capital once also invested in languageMANDALAYAAcross 25: Woman's returned girl's first garmentSARONGDDown 1: It promotes digestion of vehicle in drinkBICARBDDown 2: Identifying condition of quoted number given helpDIAGNOSTICDDown 3: Want to get into fortress - but only so far!KNEE-DEEPDDown 4: Can't hope to be resurrected by monumentCENOTAPHDDown 5: Progress slowly with polar explorer (incomplete: unfinished)INCHOATEDDown 7: Not initially unwilling to curseOATHDDown 8: Legendary friar given a bit of plastic surgeryTUCKDDown 12: Raised student with half 19 collecting strange paintings outside collegeEXTRAMURALDDown 13: Thus medic pinches US brother's hatSOMBRERODDown 14: Facing prospect of an excavation with nothing to lose - it's beneath oneINFRA DIGDDown 16: Where to get care if 7 slip outHOSPITALDDown 19: Guitarist (North American) holding his credit card upAXEMANDDown 20: Couple with something on the agendaITEMDDown 21: Older relation - nearly 1,000!GRAN