The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st September 2007 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st September 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Old servant's descendant about to pick out oneSCULLIONAAcross 9: Primate Fry welcomes millionsCHIMPAAcross 10: Fertiliser understood by hippie to contain nitrogenDUNGAAcross 11: First letters written without embellishments, coveted by scholarsSTRAIGHTASAAcross 12: Its banks are sung of ("20% of Wall Street crash")WABASHAAcross 14: Scrambled eggs will not be still on topUNBEATENAAcross 15: With space, 11 24 across's say, extremely lovely house and homeUTTERLYAAcross 17: Beastly killer Aaron's heading north on river with hatchet the American wayANTHRAXAAcross 20: Vessel with dead mice mutating widespread diseasePANDEMICAAcross 22: Call on speed poetHORACEAAcross 23: Broadcast on Sport Aid - "a superficial process of accumulating gas"ADSORPTIONAAcross 24: Women large and small abandoned one-time broadcasterADIEAAcross 25: Checks outside sun clothingVESTSAAcross 26: Moved like model band "Yes", with depth?SASHAYEDDDown 1: Insider from Acton improperly snaffling prizeOCCUPANTDDown 2: Persist in a lost cause: to whip one past Hunter?FLOGDDown 3: Trashy school outfit placed firstKITSCHDDown 4: Jam plus rum flowed over insideSNARL-UPDDown 5: Airs improvised without a keynote by Holder, the composerSCRIABINDDown 6: Domestic machine work role forced on the patron without means?DISH WASHERDDown 6: Domestic machine work role forced on the patron without means?DISHWASHERDDown 7: Round at "The Buccaneer" - right away it dulls the sensesOPIATEDDown 13: See 2ADEADHORSEDDown 16: Standard a setter might go against?LAMPPOSTDDown 18: Records made by shrewd composerARCHIVESDDown 19: Dotty, see, imbibes punch, so put in the shadeECLIPSEDDown 21: See 24ANDEVEDDown 22: See 15HONESTDDown 24: Credit the pair who came first?ADAM