The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 16th September 2008 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 16th September 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sydney's mate is the last man short leg droppedCOBBERAAcross 5: Extract the P (say) from PLAYFULLY, otherwise drop a YPARODYAAcross 8: With this cry, he'd get Shenandoah rocking!HOSANNAAAcross 9: Ahead on rounds, we're in the bar stress-freeUPBEATSAAcross 11: Kippers with Ragu sauce - dreadfully non-U, this may get an "O"!SURPRISEPACKAGEAAcross 12: Spiritual leader of Austria in 1999IMAMAAcross 13: Ring trendy friend about gear at firstORIGINALLYAAcross 17: Left wondering as to number one Guardian setterASTONISHEDAAcross 18: Small, docked tailSCUTAAcross 20: Basically the same thing, beer and ale - can get drunk!INTERCHANGEABLEAAcross 23: Use a bit of what's essential to recreate a TintorettoEAT INTOAAcross 24: A region cultivated many years earlierIRON AGEAAcross 25: Fast Scottish river turned into another that's not EnglishSPEEDYAAcross 26: Listed what the last man at the top did?HEELEDDDown 2: Attentive old boy, the butler?OBSERVANTDDown 3: Embargo on witches leaving city in England for an Irish townBANTRYDDown 4: Once more claims right to enter soldiers' propertyREASSERTSDDown 5: A little pineapple chunk is amplePLUMPDDown 6: Ruddy duck's first past point of no return, we hearRUBICUNDDDown 7: Worshipped female Eurovision winner, current holderDIANADDown 8: I steal one posh mobile to put in an "H"HOSPITALISEDDown 10: Don't be at odds of (say) 101 to 1SEE EYE TO EYEDDown 14: Wenger rubbished one centre half's headers in the London areaGREENWICHDDown 15: U-tube Carl fixed in study by lamplightLUCUBRATEDDown 16: Canteen recipe's peculiar charmENTRANCEDDown 19: Take C from ICE (say), a cube thrown heartlessly at soft drinkDECOKEDDown 21: Add to RAMTOT UPDDown 22: Rubbish collected from Ohio hotel regularly at day's endHOOEY