The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st October 2011 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st October 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Riddler endlessly chattering, loathing lost muscleSPHINCTERAAcross 6: See 3TIMEAAcross 8: Moved in anger to expose newspaper bossOUTRAGEDAAcross 9: Inadequate theme: a Great Bear appearsMEAGREAAcross 10: Wacky Tom and Taz are crackersMATZOTAAcross 11: Players as Madrid's, named as starsSIDEREALAAcross 12: Investigator misses nothing in a crookCORNERAAcross 15: Boatman's type taken in on method of formation of starsMILKY WAYAAcross 16: Decaying star in dock after recorded statementRED DWARFAAcross 19: Criminal bribed with earth-moving kitDIBBERAAcross 21: An awful thing: see a formation of stars dieDISASTERAAcross 22: Leader to come back, able to move the spiritCOGNACAAcross 24: Unable to arrange formation of starsNEBULAAAcross 25: Boatman unmoved after article regarding military invasionANABASISAAcross 26: The East is held back by America's extremes?ASIAAAcross 27: Volatile big shot takes medic on board aerial war contraptionBOMBSIGHTDDown 1: Dry sweat with Italian lady in a hot place?SAUNADDown 2: Where the sky begins, the earth ends at last in formation of starsHORIZONDDown 3: An awful thing, the moment when stars appearNIGHTDDown 4: A lot to arrange, not all reportedTIDY SUMDDown 5: American rearranged thatching stuff to include patternREMODELEDDDown 6: Support for afternoon service (latter-day version omitting original characters)TEA TRAYDDown 7: Preserve holy one appointed by SpoonerMARMALADEDDown 13: Cracks in new order or else in new startONELINERSDDown 14: Sunday lunch of wild boar, holding whisky glass — bottoms up!ROAST LAMBDDown 17: Batman and Joker turning up for kids in Hollywood?DRACULADDown 18: Piece of branch with shoot on itFIREARMDDown 20: Aging, decaying, taking two seconds for the formation of starsBIG BANGDDown 22: Origin of creation heralds appearance of starsCHAOSDDown 23: An arrangement of stars wrongly set as &LitA-LISTDDown 23: An arrangement of stars wrongly set as &LitALIST