The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 28th August 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 28th August 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Expert change to steam railwayMASTERLYAAcross 5: Plains discovered by fool with map going westPAMPASAAcross 9: Criticism of help returned to the peopleDIATRIBEAAcross 10: Girl who makes you nearly glow, then look backGLORIAAAcross 12: Place for activities, but Karen can't start oneARENAAAcross 13: Mixed-up, so not applied forUNORDEREDAAcross 14: Time after time they should get the order rightCHRONOLOGIESAAcross 18: French aviator's "Oui" drowned by bells shaken with violenceLOUIS BLERIOTAAcross 21: Lager spilled in B-road in smart part of LondonBELGRAVIAAAcross 23: This girl's half way through race carrying a hodRHODAAAcross 24: Loved and respected with trouble left behindADOREDAAcross 25: There's no end of cheese around Rio, so bye-byeCHEERIOSAAcross 26: Formal doctor's written essay does not get an "A"DRESSYAAcross 27: Greek hero, anybody's other half's curious usesODYSSEUSDDown 1: Reckless ADC cuts the diagramMADCAPDDown 2: Frightened editor has a wound that's healedSCAREDDDown 3: Rabbits seen up Scots hill with treesEARBASHESDDown 4: Delivery of honey is a task undertaken for pleasureLABOUR OF LOVEDDown 6: Was bothered about a deliAILEDDDown 7: Description of wine: half of it must be swallowed by a topsy-turvy sailorPORTRAITDDown 8: A magical feeling of celebrity: Hoffman's not inSTARDUSTDDown 11: Treated with distemper to go red and cleanCOLOURWASHEDDDown 15: Love's forbidding, without being unperfumedODOURLESSDDown 16: Area of companionship (short clue to "unexciting")CLUBLANDDDown 17: Knock down farm animal, nearly twelveBULLDOZEDDown 19: I shall have nothing to eat, which prevents infectionIODINEDDown 20: Tickets for parking donkeysPASSESDDown 22: Stumbles into river to catch fishREELS