The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 15th September 2010 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 15th September 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Notorious anti-Communist cricketers — are they both losing points?MCCARTHYAAcross 5: Suddenly reveal bouncinessSPRINGAAcross 9: Stop development, say, to introduce grand new articleSTAGNATEAAcross 10: Number for five-a-side? Any number is required for gameTENNISAAcross 12: Sad girl that is hacked off with pain taking heroinMELANCHOLICAAcross 15: Italian fare's right for quiet cult memberRASTAAAcross 17: Great empress with wheelsCATHERINEAAcross 18: John Henry, captured by Europeans, has means of escapeLOOPHOLESAAcross 19: Girl with something of value from the eastTESSAAAcross 20: UK father, too clumsy and very old-fashionedOUTOFTHEARKAAcross 24: Go about with coupleREPAIRAAcross 25: Waterside bird going unsteadily around end of pondREEDLINGAAcross 26: Small settlement for princeHAMLETAAcross 27: Taught by head of school? That's not naturalSTRAINEDDDown 1: Notice absence of wood — bring in right detectiveMISSMARPLEDDown 2: Prince not turning up for danceCHARLESTONDDown 3: Knight involved in bankruptcy may be arrestedRUN-INDDown 4: Alternative to the cool cha?HOT CHOCOLATEDDown 6: Knowing the future is tense, ringing social centrePRESCIENTDDown 7: Where one may drink Canada Dry in Nova Scotia?INNSDDown 8: My turn with pair of shoes!GOSHDDown 11: Cockney legends, as it were, treated to ample feastPLATESOFMEATDDown 13: What deters wandering Saudis? Promised land?DISSUASIONDDown 14: Extremely rude group advanced in years is presented in a new wayREPACKAGEDDDown 16: Oprah broadcast turned tide — she was divineAPHRODITEDDown 21: Group of stars in earthy dramaHYDRADDown 22: Principal part of footARCHDDown 23: Annoying messages from small girlSPAM