The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 17th July 2009 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 17th July 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Seed Pod (jockey unseated)DEPOSEDAAcross 8: Won Back Present (unplaced)NOWHEREAAcross 9: Break Cover (last to finish)RENDAAcross 10: (collapsed) Large Thin HumanEARTHLINGAAcross 12: (evens favourite) A Main VesselAORTAAAcross 13: Back the winner?CHAMPIONAAcross 15: (100-1 chance) Heartless MetropolisCITYAAcross 16: (1,000-1) Yankee Dollar?MONEYAAcross 17: (second place) ExterminateSLAYAAcross 18: (first place) Piece by PiecePARTICLEAAcross 20: (rank outsider) The UndertakerTRIERAAcross 21: Walker's Rest (rolls over)STROLLERSAAcross 22: Turning Space (fell)MOORAAcross 24: (odds on) Room for MarkSPLODGEAAcross 25: Even Number (fell)FLATTENDDown 1: Carnival makes fortune, we hearFETEDDown 2: Flex your new fabricCORDUROYDDown 3: Groups agree to differ about first nameGENERADDown 4: Leading villain is unbalanced!TOP-HEAVYDDown 5: Change taps to save shellfishSHRIMPDDown 6: Pull up sentry without uniformDRAGDDown 11: Never once arranged to meet againRECONVENEDDown 12: Woman embraced by humanitarianANITADDown 14: Stylish and charming society girl ejected when broadcastingON AIRDDown 16: Distance travelled around university with first piece of chewing gumMUCILAGEDDown 17: Fellow sailor provided the maps I foldSHIPMATEDDown 19: Fish hung up to dryTURBOTDDown 20: Doctor lets us fightTUSSLEDDown 21: Drinks up aboard shipSUPSDDown 23: Finished picking topping from cakeOVER