The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 7th September 2012 There are 15 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 7th September 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Be rough in breaking one who's close to youNEIGHBOURAAcross 10: Awfully coy at heart, "Jane without a name" gets a nameJOYCEAAcross 11: Turn with snake in the grassWHEELAAcross 12: Confined section of the theatre gripped by BottomENCIRCLEDAAcross 13: Grant the ex-president less latitude stifling last vestige of democracy in America?ULYSSESAAcross 14: See 24OFPOWERAAcross 17: A second city gets senior to cut beastly soundBASRAAAcross 19: Book setter having day offSHEAAcross 20: Steadfast as a king changing sides at the startLOYALAAcross 21: A tiny amount for meringue maker?WHISKERAAcross 22: Tough, having to accept gag cracking when run downHAGGARDAAcross 24: Whitehall's "CID-proof" — or worse — corrupt source of rumoursCORRIDORSAAcross 26: Contemptible sort of king interrupting Louis XIV, brieflySKUNKAAcross 28: A chief of police, breaking restriction, performed a caperLEAPTAAcross 29: Some think the Elgin Marbles were long involved with titleILL-GOTTENDDown 1: TV interference once broadcast goes over western tip of NorwaySNOWDDown 2: Woe is me going round on reduced public transportMISERYDDown 3: With hot drinks, listen out for the largest fishWHALE SHARKDDown 4: Underwear? We may well have secondsBOXERSDDown 5: Cure soft-spun sugarFRUCTOSEDDown 6: Open a ruler upAJARDDown 7: Revolution Road's dedicated trackCYCLEWAYDDown 8: Nose blocked, eyes streaming? In that case, wear a hat!HEADDDown 13: Pushy string player's action, having finished with acknowledgement of applause?UP-BOWDDown 13: Pushy string player's action, having finished with acknowledgement of applause?UPBOWDDown 15: Supposedly released by burning local firewood, oxygen entering isn't freedPHLOGISTONDDown 16: US state accepted by Red CrossRILEDDDown 18: Entry to motorway displays "northbound alternative lager" publicitySLIP ROADDDown 19: Moving jet-like over a road that's drySARDONICDDown 22: Trouble when Hardy grabs "smalls"HASSLEDDown 23: Sharpness of mind very lacking in emptinessACUITYDDown 24: See 8COLDDDown 25: Trace a lover of Zeus, thanksIOTADDown 27: Stock sum of money that may well be checkedKING