The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 27th August 2010 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th August 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bob breaks rules and admits defeatRESIGNSAAcross 5: Shown one little boy carrying anotherEVINCEDAAcross 9: Native American playwright born in FranceSHAWNEEAAcross 10: One behind Inspector Rebus with good position in hierarchyRANKINGAAcross 11: City has fresh lot of wine to entertain these league leadersNEWCASTLEAAcross 12: Double time after instant messagingIMAGEAAcross 13: Bundle in ditchSCRAPAAcross 15: Brit with lasso — wild one in charge of cowboysTRAIL BOSSAAcross 17: In succession to throne, oddly, viscount's lastONTHETROTAAcross 19: Sound colour: blackPLUMBAAcross 22: Material a poet rejectedTOILEAAcross 23: Appropriate directions followed by knight errant?SEQUESTERAAcross 25: Regularly check computer screenMONITORAAcross 26: Unsophisticated young woman, sincere in appearing forwardINGENUEAAcross 27: Small Welsh county regarded as richMONEYEDAAcross 28: Capital unknown before taking leadYEREVANDDown 1: One's entertained by bands with revolting actsRISINGSDDown 2: Trousers almost all will wear out eastSHALWARDDown 3: Information on centre of development area somewhere in ItalyGENOADDown 4: Prescott a false witness?SPECTATORDDown 5: Eastern republic's flipping weirdEERIEDDown 6: Editor in a Polish novelIANHISLOPDDown 7: Smart attempt to encircle a cityCHICAGODDown 8: Be sidetracked when groom holds serving man upDIGRESSDDown 14: Missing a shot — ten players nowPRESENTLYDDown 16: Books one left in a stateside hostel a long time agoANTIQUITYDDown 17: Plump single parent is bestOPTIMUMDDown 18: Some Frenchman on air talking about a palace in VersaillesTRIANONDDown 20: American can have nothing against British actorUSTINOVDDown 21: Grow up with additive-free food?BURGEONDDown 23: 13 right in the middle of SloughSHREDDDown 24: Wholehearted uplift for half-hearted musicEAGER