The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 16th October 2007 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 16th October 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Hats off to county and central Asian cityTASHKENTAAcross 9: Backward boy, one without 10ENODALAAcross 10: Half the class are kept for propagationSTUDAAcross 11: Track over the river gives quite a bounceTRAMPOLINEAAcross 12: Every single one entered by the headBEACHYAAcross 14: Being that made cure rate unreliableCREATUREAAcross 15: Bogus qualification in African cultureSHAMBAAAcross 17: Bride's shattering conclusion?DEBRISAAcross 20: Court interrupts hearing with refreshmentTRIBUNALAAcross 22: Dumb as the majority are reported to be?SILENTAAcross 23: Cleaners for prince without a princessCHARLADIESAAcross 24: Wax well-meaning but righteous?CEREAAcross 25: Soldier involved with girl, which is painfulANGINAAAcross 26: The setter usually goes off before thisTIME BOMBAAcross 26: The setter usually goes off before thisTIMEBOMBDDown 1: Keep one's speed?FASTNESSDDown 2: Maybe hanging countryCHADDDown 3: Force a way into the upper classesGENTRYDDown 4: Please be serving cheeseBELPAESEDDown 5: Security after one gets into higher education?COLLATERALDDown 6: Old Bob was worth two of themTANNERDDown 8: Canter off in a dreamTRANCEDDown 13: Room can be found for plonkCHAMBERTINDDown 16: A large number in crazy kerchiefsBANDANASDDown 18: Indication for surgery - heart bypass, with modern operationSYNDROMEDDown 19: Expression of grievance by one in factoryPLAINTDDown 21: Bring back capital punishment?REHANGDDown 22: Tahini seems a pasteSESAMEDDown 24: Island sports a kind of diver - but not beginnerCUBA