The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 28th October 2009 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th October 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Duty of extra esteem getting volunteers crossVALUE-ADDED TAXAAcross 10: Warm, cold or laid back?CORDIALAAcross 11: City, a New Testament one with old churchANTIOCHAAcross 12: Strangely divine, holy but not at first outwardlyODDLYAAcross 13: One may catch, say, Labour's blunder on reflectionBOOBY TRAPAAcross 14: Battle leads English to freedomLOOSEAAcross 16: Republic, as in Roman styleSAN MARINOAAcross 18: Green side can be stimulatedENERGISEDAAcross 19: Boy leaves sleeper for sweeperBROOMAAcross 20: Being attractive keeps gunner's daughter mateyCOMRADELYAAcross 23: Second space must …SHALLAAcross 24: Rude word to finish one's respectful addressEFFENDIAAcross 25: Inform that paper is foldedAPPRISEAAcross 26: John Bull's paunch?MIDDLEENGLANDDDown 2: A mere door, perhaps, to higher things?AERODROMEDDown 3: Singular name for Diana's sisterUNITYDDown 4: Free puff for a party?AD-LIBDDown 5: Gordon almost dead, confused and coercedDRAGOONEDDDown 6: Girl loses head, another gets up to start Bacchus's wild song of praiseDITHYRAMBDDown 7: Love morning with the Guardian's appearanceAMOURDDown 8: Without one, little children repeatedly tear loose, out of controlSCHOOL TEACHERDDown 8: Without one, little children repeatedly tear loose, out of controlSCHOOLTEACHERDDown 9: Where Hamlet slept with no alternative in Somerset?SHEPTONMALLETDDown 15: Inveterate, if erroneous, need to store cornENGRAINEDDDown 16: Organise messy site clearanceSYSTEMISEDDown 17: One solution takes turn for article avoiding the restISOLATIONDDown 21: Plain clothes Muslim lawyerMUFTIDDown 22: Long time and a quarterYEARNDDown 23: Compiling lapse — a bit of a bloomerSEPAL