The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 26th October 2007 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 26th October 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: 'T and T' is abroad - a long way offDISTANTAAcross 5: Drink without a container sent back source of milkCOCONUTAAcross 9: Means of providing information seen in some diariesMEDIAAAcross 10: Part of uniform of English girl?EPAULETTEAAcross 11: University types do it before and after the racePUSHTHEBOATOUTAAcross 13: Tie, having lost first in setLACEAAcross 14: I lark with hob cooking vegetableKOHLRABIAAcross 17: Friend at morn exercising in the usual wayNORMALLYAAcross 18: Operatic singer keen to make a comebackDIVAAAcross 21: Swift character's referring to a big raceBROBDINGNAGIANAAcross 23: Cleaner? One does up Oxfam, Barnado's etc.CHARITIESAAcross 24: It's overgrown with evergreen, one contendedIVIEDAAcross 25: Flats, for example, provide background for playSCENERYAAcross 26: 'Lion' man is wearing is symbolicNOMINALDDown 1: I'm at the centre of modern coinDIMEDDown 2: Scattered about, some can rid ... dirt possibly?SODIUM CARBONATEDDown 3: Lack of interest in direction during a yearAPATHYDDown 4: Develop orally?TEETHEDDown 5: Fellow to order a pamphlet of balladsCHAPBOOKDDown 6: Copper to label parking 'out of order' is in the wrongCULPABLEDDown 7: State involvement in company affairsNATIONALISATIONDDown 8: Act the liar in play? Could be overdoneTHEATRICALDDown 12: Footwear for rugby players on pitchSLINGBACKSDDown 15: Bad luck mainly unyieldingHARD-LINEDDown 15: Bad luck mainly unyieldingHARDLINEDDown 16: Welsh town's flower left off in a harsh wayFLINTILYDDown 19: University issue for the Trade UnionUNISONDDown 20: Sort of images producing discriminationAGEISMDDown 22: I had heart of holy one for worshipIDOL