The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 28th December 2007 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 28th December 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: One flying Dublin to Paris must take off with celebSAMUELAAcross 4: See 1BECKETTAAcross 9: Inventor has to stick ends of loose wires onto power unitJAMES WATTAAcross 10: Drive round town with white goods itemDRYERAAcross 11: Mournful ricercata's Germanic nameULRICAAcross 12: Those panned for endless brawl during fightbackOMELETTESAAcross 13: Tennis player in hospital - back seat casualtyNASTASEAAcross 15: Tunnel undergroundSUBWAYAAcross 17: Soap that is used on company carCORRIEAAcross 19: Female setter lives on square in US cityMELISSAAAcross 22: Older aunt cooked for foreignerOUTLANDERAAcross 24: Russian type of dancer meets 25 twice!GOGOLAAcross 26: Hair in reporter's smoked salmonLOCKSAAcross 27: Maybe he's a lady, maiden admitted, with tail between legsASHAMEDLYAAcross 28: Distance driven in police time?YARDAGEAAcross 29: In the circumstances, wine is half drunk and half left till laterAS IT ISDDown 1: 4 across's day in his post-flight temporary residenceSOJOURNDDown 2: One acting dumb in 1999 TV seriesMIMERDDown 3: Sitting comfortably? Here, perhaps, is Spooner's popular but second-rate tuneEASY CHAIRDDown 4: Attacks the in-group?BATTERSDDown 5: Group of professionals raced aroundCADREDDown 6: Africans say pay isn't badEGYPTIANSDDown 7: Party hard after putting rubbish outTHRASHDDown 8: Dublin's loveless 21 married a single dying man, according to 4 acrossMALONEDDown 14: Eg Rugby by Cliff Morgan?SPORTS CARDDown 16: Cooked a lamb's leg with squash etcBALLGAMESDDown 18: 4 across's mate?END GAMEDDown 18: 4 across's mate?ENDGAMEDDown 19: 4 across's common name for King Edward?MURPHYDDown 20: Extremely vigilant girl, brought up right!ALLEYESDDown 21: Gangster's girlfriend - only heartless 4 across characterMOLLOYDDown 23: Artiste was oddly confusedAT SEADDown 25: 4 across's non-arrival in follow-up booksGODOT