The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th September 2008 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th September 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: One side of the house in ecstasy about electoral vote, initiallyELEVATIONAAcross 10: Quartet can play it as part of triumphal marchHALMAAAcross 11: Staff in restaurant serves drink around oneWAITERSAAcross 12: Pike mostly associated with one lake or anotherLUCERNEAAcross 13: Name of girl, like Bridget without husbandIRISAAcross 14: Not quick to get angry - it's a harmless bloomerDEAD NETTLEAAcross 15: English bible, partly decorated, was attractiveENTICEDAAcross 17: Cosmetic old lady used to cover up a blemishMASCARAAAcross 19: Some Europeans setting out in snow gearNORWEGIANSAAcross 22: How egg is produced and hatchedLAIDAAcross 23: Resign about pound's rapid deflationBLOW OUTAAcross 23: Resign about pound's rapid deflationBLOWOUTAAcross 24: Page in article left with one copyREPLICAAAcross 26: Facility for students a small number in university backedUNIONAAcross 27: Rattled in pitcher, like some stonesNEPHRETICDDown 1: 2 or 7, what's around 13 or 3, 4 or 25 - all standardREDWHITEANDBLUEDDown 2: Revolutionary holding a number up inside borderLENINISTDDown 3: Under pressure, drink - don't go beyond this limit!PALEDDown 4: Handle money badly as girl and finish without pennyMISSPENDDDown 5: Family man briefly seen with a daughter - barely soUNCLADDDown 6: They monitor recreational activity for AmericansCHECKERSDDown 7: Musical instrument missing in BordeauxCLARETDDown 8: Start of final statement in court, including 6 or 10, 21 or 22, 24 or 26GAMESETANDMATCHDDown 16: Fashion centre housing old and new fabricCRETONNEDDown 17: They catch people with slogan and added commentMANTRAPSDDown 18: Middle East experts again entering area with desertsARABISTSDDown 20: Inexperienced soldier that's falling beneath castleROOKIEDDown 21: Absorbed, like audience at circusINTENTDDown 25: It's intended to arouse an extreme of passionPORN