The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 9th October 2009 There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 9th October 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Exercise where pervert bites character in the CycladesWARM-UPAAcross 1: Exercise where pervert bites character in the CycladesWARMUPAAcross 5: Quest for adventure the Queen managed to attemptERRANTRYAAcross 9: Web content of charm, alluringMAGNETICAAcross 10: G's neighbour secures nothing in businessAFLOATAAcross 11: Such a testing period building an airport by 1st OctoberPROBATIONARYAAcross 13: Table reference you ’n' I reversed?MENUAAcross 14: Element finding an Athenian, unknownANTIMONYAAcross 17: Great readers left with repetition? That's not onLITERATIAAcross 18: I am (ungrammatically) cross as a goatIBEXAAcross 20: Force some tin, opening low-fat cheese?QUESTION MARKAAcross 23: Ultimately, renegade left side a lotEVER SOAAcross 24: Steep aim, but wild, reaching companionABITMUCHAAcross 25: Fall behind, so taste secondDROP BACKAAcross 26: Weakened party after election finds openingsEFFETEDDown 2: Word of regret, detailing something possibly mixed upALASDDown 3: Midlife crisis where people work to accept a regrettable conclusion?MENOPAUSEDDown 4: General arrangement under discussionPATTONDDown 5: Rocky Marciano and me talk about where the treasure's hidden!EXCLAMATION MARKDDown 6: Those practically focused places engulfing boxerREALISTSDDown 7: New length lines that materialNYLONDDown 8: 6 soundly giving ordersREARRANGESDDown 12: Frugal type pockets two notes and 50p? Here's another note!SEMIQUAVERDDown 15: Subject of autobiography writing material on a politician, fascist leader?MEINKAMPFDDown 16: Fool the president, promoting mother in Canadian provinceMANITOBADDown 19: Setter, perhaps, seeking a number under a hundredCANINEDDown 21: Tie bits upSTRAPDDown 22: Tail of rabbits, shortenedSCUT