The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 13th September 2007 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 13th September 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Resist having to get upWITHSTANDAAcross 6: Salts' place - in the deep, somewhereEPSOMAAcross 9: Assured novel, but wilder movieSUNSETBOULEVARDAAcross 10: Boost sound or lightRAYSAAcross 11: One-sided acquiescence?ALL RIGHTAAcross 14: Scarper when dice game's unsatisfactoryBEETLE OFFAAcross 15: Article's first and last - first and last taking articles?THEFTAAcross 16: A prodigious sailor's cryAVASTAAcross 18: Rococo for a grand painterFRAGONARDAAcross 20: Dumbbell brought into gym before fellow proceededPASSEDONAAcross 21: Amaze head of school with union backingSTUNAAcross 25: Novel peer, mostly weirdLORDPETERWIMSEYAAcross 26: Refuse to accept name, in a manner of speakingSLANGAAcross 27: Joyce's work is to name shipsDUBLINERSDDown 1: River in which we serveWESERDDown 2: Can class provide old photograph?TINTYPEDDown 3: Killed in turnSLEWDDown 4: Books and articles about pop starsABBADDown 5: Note shared accommodationDOUBLE FLATDDown 6: Curse of senior manager on doleEXECRATIONDDown 7: Sequin found in corner shop previously emptySPANGLEDDown 8: Holding first of talks, was go-between considered?MEDITATEDDDown 12: He fools around with power, say, for online deviceCLOTHES PEGDDown 13: Challenged Catholic leader on "Father Ted" carries onCONFRONTEDDDown 14: Skinny people plan to mingle with obeseBEANPOLESDDown 17: Country song about American getting back from DetroitAUSTRIADDown 19: "The Entertainer" (with Archie Rice), initially based on a book by McCourt and LawrenceARTISTEDDown 22: Contradictory answers given by poetNOYESDDown 23: Dingy fish crossing riverDRABDDown 24: Musical grunts?GIGI