The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 27th October 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 27th October 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hit it off? You must be joking!GET ALONGAAcross 5: Do you see the least able of the art class box with a view to future match?BOTTOMAAcross 9: Just about closed in big deal with medical instrumentationOTOSCOPEAAcross 10: See 5DRAWERAAcross 12: Titillation of Page Three women transfixes northern relativeGREAT-NEPHEWAAcross 15: So you got your ass out of bed? Cheerio!BOTTOMSUPAAcross 17: "I had pigmeat" — revolutionary Muslim leaderMAHDIAAcross 18: Employees stickSTAFFAAcross 19: This tops eg St Basil's non-religious view — going to party with Enigmatist!ONION DOMEAAcross 20: Dope sheathes weapon in open coatOVERGARMENTAAcross 24: I need to go for it, mother dictatesCALLOFAAcross 25: Either of the arms commemorating religious teacher and doctorFORELIMBAAcross 26: See 24NATUREAAcross 27: Repeatedly left out, literary siblings are written about in not so many wordsAS IT WEREDDown 1: He buggers off having acquired nothingGEORGE BUSHDDown 2: It should be done as the diner desires and cooks take on betsT-BONE STEAKDDown 3: Draw drug off that's within the lawLICITDDown 4: Note No 1's garaging a Morgan that renders 14 unnecessary?NAPIER'S BONESDDown 6: In a row, she was maroon, ragingOARSWOMANDDown 7: For Ipswich, say, to get 3 points, one needs to be droppedTOWNDDown 8: Extra flash onMOREDDown 11: Reasons to bottle fizzy pop in big lashings they got for someone elseWHIPPINGBOYSDDown 13: Herriot, say, needs authentication to invade horse — mad time of yearSHROVETIDEDDown 14: Example of R No 3 by the boardTIMESTABLEDDown 16: Not in the pinkOFF-COLOURDDown 21: Go off bum steerREESTDDown 22: I admire this person's current scamICONDDown 23: Where — briefly — to leave automobile scheme?PLOT