The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th October 2007

There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th October 2007. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Lock given order to be quiet!
AAcross 5:	Burden on shoulders of scrum-half, say, and forwards
AAcross 5:	Burden on shoulders of scrum-half, say, and forwards
AAcross 9:	Passage of play after instant opening lets me in
AAcross 10:	Pulling in direction of player on side
AAcross 11:	About to enter the area of town centre, perhaps	THREEQUARTER
AAcross 13:	Players in front row, say, of small musical group
AAcross 14:	Extremely poor English side, awfully restricted in score
AAcross 17:	One insect after another buzzing round head of hooker, huge fellow
AAcross 18:	Player essential in pack for power
AAcross 20:	Dramatic and inspiring performances, specially with arm broken	MIRACLEPLAYS
AAcross 23:	25 to 22 as result of this conversion
AAcross 24:	Position man in back row at start of game for scrum, say
AAcross 25:	After a time, leads on tries
AAcross 26:	In which oval object is passed around in play
DDown 2:	Do something in scrum, resulting in punch
DDown 3:	Value of three goals in this game
DDown 4:	Literary work of American author on success in rugby
DDown 5:	Where 8 goes (as roughly depicted) when one's temporarily not working?	BETWEENTHEPOSTS
DDown 6:	Fruits of careful intensive training initially with stratagems
DDown 7:	Strength shown by guy in red under pressure
DDown 8:	Change that's passed over the bar, as seen here
DDown 12:	Peter with men in resort, having no match
DDown 15:	Where scrum-half's expertise lies, by the way
DDown 16:	Fantastic crowd puller? Not half!
DDown 19:	Fine player that contributes significantly to result
DDown 21:	Arguing with referee extremely unwise, ultimately - don't show dissent
DDown 22:	Hurt repeatedly as part of approaches coaches used