The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 28th September 2012 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 28th September 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Everyone's in debt when there's a female around — when there's witches around!HALLOWE'ENAAcross 9: Everyone's in debt when there's a female around — when there's witches around!HALLOWEENAAcross 10: Excel, alfresco or notOUTDOAAcross 11: Turn in — more time in suitable chairLOUNGERAAcross 12: See 3ANDBESSAAcross 13: Obsolete coin with nothing in it? PreciselyVOIDAAcross 14: Dance scene in 3 12 in case ferryman comes roundCHARLESTONAAcross 16: Compound report of journey in the darkNITRIDEAAcross 17: Method of painting sticky stuff sounds a painGOUACHEAAcross 19: I'm calling with a certain qualificationINAMEASUREAAcross 22: A lake fed by a river (more like the Dead Sea?)ARALAAcross 24: Take your place in the distance with return to streaming?ELITISMAAcross 25: Leader of Leeds in the Sun — wrong part of LeedsHUNSLETAAcross 26: Co-author slain horribly around 14SOUTHAAcross 27: Being old, have gun when diamonds are aboutEXISTENCEDDown 1: No problem for the vicar, then, in 3 12's 21THELIVINGISEASYDDown 2: Musician to suit change in residenceFLAUTISTDDown 3: 17 down's monarchs in 1952?PORGYDDown 4: Consent to investigation? I don't knowSEARCHMEDDown 5: Not just brunette?UNFAIRDDown 6: V1 causing double trouble in a friendDOODLEBUGDDown 7: Setter's funny waySTREETDDown 8: Let person open it? Maybe better notPOISONPENLETTERDDown 15: Flickers of anger during escapeFIRELIGHTDDown 17: Musician to spread her wings?GERSHWINDDown 18: See 26CAROLINADDown 20: An aura not born of hostilityANIMUSDDown 21: "___ born great", said Malvolio, the mathematicianSUMMERDDown 23: Joins scandal up?KNITS