The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 9th September 2011 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 9th September 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spooner's excluded journalist from bookHARDBACKAAcross 5: Service provided centrally in France?MASSIFAAcross 9: Fashionable clique outpouringINGROUPAAcross 10: Promotion not on before sovereign becomes tenderPROFFERAAcross 11: Animal died after dashELANDAAcross 12: Williams in a state, seen twice wandering behind timeTENNESSEEAAcross 13: What's cast outside Kent castle can be heard on the blowerDIALLINGTONEAAcross 17: Putting clothes on after musical going over the topHAIRDRESSINGAAcross 20: The gaps it managed to fill?SPAGHETTIAAcross 22: Catch nothing reflecting visual illusion of movementOP ARTAAcross 23: It might help a serious smokerINHALERAAcross 24: Pull vehicle over in a raceATTRACTAAcross 25: Part taken by Egyptian asserting authority onceNASSERAAcross 26: Period between financial booms?MEAN TIMEAAcross 26: Period between financial booms?MEANTIMEDDown 1: He's on fire out on the farmHEIFERDDown 2: Egg breaks listener rising to musicREGGAEDDown 3: Would bride carelessly turn out with hair done so?BLOWDRIEDDDown 4: Like Rachman starting a sentence?CAPITAL LETTERDDown 6: A poem can be something positiveANODEDDown 7: P-point that's delicateSOFT SPOTDDown 8: What army mess would get, like it or not?FORCEFEDDDown 10: Notorious governor made pupil sit at onePONTIUS PILATEDDown 14: Count on GT form for an old bangerGUNCOTTONDDown 15: Article with embellishment about a performerTHESPIANDDown 16: Ferocious swimmers cause mishaps round the landPIRANHASDDown 18: Journey from Mombasa, far into the bushSAFARIDDown 19: Representation of upper class in the body politicSTATUEDDown 21: Orchestra gets direction to its venueHALLE