The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 5th September 2014 There are 18 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 5th September 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Horse, key elementCOBALTAAcross 4: Heart-breaking, it's flipping excitingEROTICAAcross 9: To the audience, bend over darlingBEAUAAcross 10: Relationship in range, that is, for darlingSWEETIEPIEAAcross 11: People with a measure of education, science and culture in fluid ouncesUNESCOAAcross 12: Ring newspapers regularlyOFTTIMESAAcross 13: Straggly beard one has trimmed finally, being expandedBROADENEDAAcross 15: Doing little skid, lessen gripsIDLEAAcross 16: Place view in speechSITEAAcross 17: Delay — one has week at first in delaySTONE WALLAAcross 17: Delay — one has week at first in delaySTONEWALLAAcross 21: French letters not entirely covering member, 26 27 up against it?LAMPPOSTAAcross 22: Alarm call due then? A mistakeCOCK UPAAcross 22: Alarm call due then? A mistakeCOCKUPAAcross 24: Hollywood, where thespian ultimately is after money, lowest rankTINSELTOWNAAcross 25: Current craze, mad fad thankfully endsEDDYAAcross 26: Energy invested in stuff with recent record by old entertainerGEORGEAAcross 27: See 26FORMBYDDown 1: See 6CLEANERDDown 2: See 7BLUESDDown 3: Shortlist, a bit flexibleLISSOMEDDown 5: Wheel corrosion consumedROTATEDDown 6: I'd owt that's troublesome with wench and 26 27 on a 21, as song by 26 27THEWINDOWDDown 7: Upset by 1 down undies, lush song by 26 27CHINESEDDown 8: Author filing first of reports on rank destruction of natural resourcesDEFORESTATIONDDown 14: Ancient capital short of church, claims history courseANTIPASTODDown 16: Laugh about eating toiletry itemSHAVINGDDown 18: Take up study with love? I won't oblige!NOCANDODDown 19: See 7LAUNDRYDDown 20: Bend cocker's cocker on a 21?DOGLEGDDown 23: See 16CREAM