The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th September 2008 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th September 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Inlet for compassion, keeping English from 12's placeBAYREUTHAAcross 9: Tennis player, a good one, entertaining a foolAGASSIAAcross 10: To be a woodwind player is a poisonous jobBLOWAAcross 11: How surprised can one be changing right to left in jest?PLEASANTLYAAcross 12: Jester to new queen, a fellow of noteWAGNERAAcross 14: It's invisible below lightly cooked bit of dinnerINFRAREDAAcross 15: 16's was 12's gift from PortiaTHERINGAAcross 17: Hard to find English not recorded outside AmericaELUSIVEAAcross 20: Silly symbol nearly meetASSEMBLEAAcross 22: Stoker and railway both turned to stoneMARBLEAAcross 23: Potential duel is near being resolvedUNREALISEDAAcross 24: Foreign country picks up the billPAYSAAcross 25: Charming falconMERLINAAcross 26: Summon back round piece of film from great circleECLIPTICDDown 1: Painter with bone in a crushPAULNASHDDown 2: See 22BROWDDown 3: Glass in front of carBUMPERDDown 4: Farewell to revolutionary meeting his end somewhere in South AmericaCHEERIODDown 5: 12's friend's holding is far offPARSIFALDDown 6: 12's minstrel finds sixpence around his residenceTANNHAUSERDDown 7: 12's girl is getting on with drugISOLDEDDown 13: Conductors in a body after some dinner, missing ten TitiansNERVECELLSDDown 16: Dwarf from Ulster, live, takes breatherNIBELUNGDDown 18: 12's rider, boy or girl, at part of MassVALKYRIEDDown 19: 12's to die? Setter is having name put in new registerMEISTERDDown 21: See 21SINGERDDown 22: Location of curl in morally extreme girl of conventional tastesMIDDLEDDown 24: See 10PIPE