The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 27th September 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 27th September 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Mess she makes with buttery chocolate, as luck would have itTHATSTHEWAYTHEAAcross 9: Put sparkle into receding Fenland river around some villagesENLIVENAAcross 10: See what's on licence plate in place of pactLOCARNOAAcross 11: Wood in craft centre entriesTREENAAcross 12: Man of drift almost around a sacred river may have apple sauceROAST PORKAAcross 13: Dad not quite dead - that's awfully sillyFATHEADEDAAcross 14: Show pain when caught in drinkWINCEAAcross 15: Ban Ki-moon or remove his powers?UNMANAAcross 17: Dot's follower, safe fellow about fifty, gives help in solving crosswordCOMPLETERAAcross 20: Clay died in Nigerian portHARDCOURTAAcross 22: Poppy's first piece has some musical backingOPIUMAAcross 23: Fighter for crown in Punic or Napoleonic warsUNICORNAAcross 24: Opening letterINITIALAAcross 25: Seeks, with zoom lens's potential, places commoner since JulySMOKELESSZONESDDown 1: Guardian's hot, Guardian's cold: gather round, following score - it doesn't stop at 12TWENTYFOURHOURDDown 2: Complaint of a Russian lake opening for tradeAILMENTDDown 3: Shadow time by the 1down 21 saw start of Spanish succession problemSEVENTEENDDown 4: See 3HUNDREDDDown 5: Fenland river all ____ goodWELLANDDDown 6: End of 20 8 in German craftYACHTDDown 7: Cabinet minister holding defence arrangements - a spearHARPOONDDown 8: See 1 acrossCOOKIECRUMBLESDDown 14: Ex-banker, a beast, gets intelligence in AustraliaWOLFOWITZDDown 16: In 2000, Nazism and Fascism kept the right from thinking of the leftMARXISMDDown 17: Working lunch including direction for route of EurostarCHUNNELDDown 18: Heat absorber for containers needs serviceMATTINSDDown 19: Patron of school finds article on God unfinishedTRINIANDDown 21: See 1CLOCK