The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th September 2007 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th September 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: One form of smoking prohibited, we hear, for Scottish playersPIPEBANDAAcross 9: English monarch repeatedly admitting one strangerEERIERAAcross 10: State of old house one inhabitsOHIOAAcross 11: Wild agents destroyed parts of some planesDELTAWINGSAAcross 12: Young brewer still taken aback about a bad smellTEABOYAAcross 14: A religious sign where there are lots of workersAPIARIESAAcross 15: Beginning to subscribe minimallyINITIALAAcross 17: Hiring people of 16LETTERSAAcross 20: Violently attack in a pub, note, when drunkBEATUPONAAcross 22: Return communication about America's London stationEUSTONAAcross 23: Ceased being disorderly and others backed lower level of conflictDE-ESCALATEAAcross 23: Ceased being disorderly and others backed lower level of conflictDEESCALATEAAcross 24: Traditionally, at the end, it comes after "honour"OBEYAAcross 25: You and girl pronounced boy's nameEUGENEAAcross 26: Item chap damaged, showing stressEMPHATICDDown 1: Round number for golfer - is he teeing off?EIGHTEENDDown 2: Love, as symbolised by something like ringZERODDown 3: Cheap and nasty marble, not interestingTAWDRYDDown 4: Discipline producing pain, else kinky?PENALISEDDown 5: Judges information transmission speeds are limited initiallyARTIBRATESDDown 6: Horse in part of Trigger, so to speakGEE-GEEDDown 8: Caught heading north from island in the AegeanDELIANDDown 13: Outdone outside gallery, tried working normallyBETATESTEDDDown 16: Atom split? That's only the half of it!ALPHABETDDown 18: Island south of Greek island, a former British colonyRHODESIADDown 19: Reserve to join in combatENGAGEDDown 21: Name of tower, roughly speaking, providing a fascinating sightEYEFULDDown 22: Old flame endlessly deserted, released from obligationEXEMPTDDown 24: Fair old knightOKAY