The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 9th March 2007 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 9th March 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Runner trained for a classic finishRACE HORSEAAcross 9: Runner trained for a classic finishRACEHORSEAAcross 10: In river Indian, perhaps, is left leaningPINKOAAcross 11: Fiddle with sturdy backCONFIRMAAcross 12: Seeking vocationPURSUITAAcross 13: Twist shorts aroundSPINAAcross 14: In favour of obtaining an amnesiac's propertyFORGETTINGAAcross 16: It provides retirement coverNIGHTIEAAcross 17: Sodium in UMIST explosion? It caused havocTSUNAMIAAcross 19: Alarmingly frayed at the edgesMARGINALLYAAcross 22: Employed in house designUSEDAAcross 24: Mrs Beaton has precise ingredientsRECIPESAAcross 25: Little ones in Stein's kitchen?SHRIMPSAAcross 26: A prison on the moveASTIRAAcross 27: One whose job is hardly finishing?ENAMELLERDDown 1: The stuff of real estateBRICKS AND MORTARDDown 2: Process for gaining inside informationSCANNINGDDown 3: The length of four rodsCHAINDDown 4: Pale yellow buttonhole for Tory LeaguePRIMROSEDDown 5: Porpoise gapes awkwardly when swallowing oneSEAPIGDDown 6: Clean-shaven actor playing Zapata sticks with itSPIRIT GUMDDown 7: Wipe out the origin of illicit ringsANNULIDDown 8: Small business where workers feel at home?COTTAGE INDUSTRYDDown 15: St Jack's DIY aidsSTRIPPERSDDown 17: Sir Walter's novel charmTALISMANDDown 18: Gathering of gambolling lambs? Yes!ASSEMBLYDDown 20: Describe the City in ceremonial ...RECITEDDown 21: ... with lanes ladies decoratedAISLEDDDown 23: A small common emeraldGREEN