The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 27th October 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th October 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Frantic SOS: "Save species!" (Mine and yours exemplified here!)POSSESSIVE CASEAAcross 9: Grammatical form for the meaning of society is Ney's problemSYNESISAAcross 10: Managed Spike Milligan's converted capital?RANGOONAAcross 11: Circular fieldTRACTAAcross 12: Following sex change, preserve queen in ice that's dryEXSICCATEAAcross 13: Salute a stop for this poor vet at dissectionVAPORETTOAAcross 14: Payment avoided by some Brooklyn Dodgers?DRAFTAAcross 15: Nobleman detailed as composer of "The French Harry Potter"DUKASAAcross 17: Coming straight to the point, outside of Ms Fitz-gerald, I'm marriedWELLAIMEDAAcross 20: Lots of storage needed when Ms Roslin moves into French accommodationGIGABYTESAAcross 22: Black icon rejected MarxHARPOAAcross 23: Old dear disturbed English discussion groups held hereEXEDRAEAAcross 24: So Gordius to his setter: "Put the lot on Bunthorne's retirement"ALLONYMAAcross 25: Words of action from the Baker Street enthusiasts?IRREGULARVERBSDDown 1: Certain qualification needed in English, comparatively speaking!POSITIVE DEGREEDDown 2: A raspberry is defined thus initially, so you never call a raspberry "plum"SYNCARPDDown 3: Hire-purchase with messy rate fluctuationEASYTERMSDDown 4: Smell a rat, as usual, in Captain Renault's round-upSUSPECTDDown 5: "Taxi Driver" is mostly expressing life as art in musicVERISMODDown 6: Fancy name I see, but no supporter of DiogenesCYNICDDown 7: Pores over a time atoms reactedSTOMATADDown 8: Quotes from a thousand naïve Democrats without a turnINVERTEDCOMMASDDown 14: Impresario who bid for Stravinsky; I hid gavel unfortunatelyDIAGHILEVDDown 16: Beg wildly to enter stink over CAMRA's bête noire?KEGBEERDDown 17: He worked with steam and water to become a painterWATTEAUDDown 18: Ideal place for a Callas performance?LASCALADDown 19: Spoil the ship, left off the tar!MARINERDDown 21: Naked force used to invade vesselBARGE