The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 5th September 2008 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 5th September 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Pig to catch - run!LANDRACEAAcross 9: Sun's reflection of earth - what did you say?HELIOSAAcross 10: See 24HORNAAcross 11: Rider after something sticky, oily secretion for sensational feelingGOOSEBUMPSAAcross 12: Top cowJERSEYAAcross 14: Article written in refusal to follow single line on paperIN THEORYAAcross 15: Equivalent of a wink, perhaps, eastern state backed, as inoffensiveANODYNEAAcross 17: Stalin revolutionised left as Putin taken apart?INSTALLAAcross 20: Bony dead heads of lions, elephants, kangaroos and snakes retrievedSKELETALAAcross 22: Sheep farmer in ovine shacklesMERINOAAcross 23: Internet software for the arachnoid cow?WEB BROWSERAAcross 24: Cow with hunger having bit of bramble, but no starterLONGAAcross 25: Regret having swallowed key, seeking releaseRESCUEAAcross 26: One pulling out the stops, roasting nutsORGANISTDDown 1: Coin for pigNAPOLEONDDown 2: A place to hide the portADENDDown 3: Awkward group overcoming extremes of lunacyGANGLYDDown 4: Continue asking? Then one gets a flowerBEGONIADDown 5: Cow, time and time again, processed as foodTHREATENDDown 6: Pig circling cesspool with dog and turtleGLOUCESTERDDown 7: Coin pig, if derogatoryCOPPERDDown 13: Pig, rebmucne?SADDLEBACKDDown 16: Element that is keeping caveman in the news?NITROGENDDown 18: Red tinsel in twistsLENINISTDDown 19: See 6OLDSPOTDDown 21: Minder raising weapon between kingsKEEPERDDown 22: Fashion of major route? Now you see it, now you don'tMIRAGEDDown 24: Soundly chains catLYNX