The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 26th September 2011 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 26th September 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Adopt self-regulating volume controlSOFT-PEDALAAcross 8: She's a mother twice overMADAMAAcross 9: Silence on reform shows lack of respectINSOLENCEAAcross 10: Quietly departed with the silverPLATEAAcross 12: Leading lady cut short with smackHEROINAAcross 13: Regular correspondence between sidesSYMMETRYAAcross 14: It's normally kept by the fireplace or sinkSCUTTLEAAcross 17: Show anger in hair-raising fashionBRISTLEAAcross 20: Keep small cash bookPRESERVEAAcross 22: Capital — the big smoke?HAVANAAAcross 24: Cultivated ScandinavianSWEDEAAcross 25: Takeover bid made by the committed buyerFIRMOFFERAAcross 26: Nobleman about fifty-oddDROLLAAcross 27: Lacking a cryptic clue? It's not importantMINUSCULEDDown 1: Make sharp attack upon Reformed ChurchPOUNCEDDown 2: Was prominent among those who refused to yieldSTOODOUTDDown 3: Humble cleric embraced meDEMEANDDown 4: Body found in the motorist's boot, perhapsCARCASEDDown 5: False alibi initially excluded by Scottish magistrateBAILIEDDown 6: Poem completed but not written downPASTORALDDown 11: Ancient mariner's story upset Arab princeEMIRDDown 15: Capsized oarsman in vessel is in distressCAREWORNDDown 16: The attraction of misruleLUREDDown 18: The purpose of the visor is to avoid humiliationSAVEFACEDDown 19: Doctor liaised for sitting clergySEDILIADDown 21: Cut lumberSADDLEDDown 22: Fashionable doctor caught in embrace? That's sweet!HUMBUGDDown 23: Has it a piercing eye? Quite the oppositeNEEDLE