The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 26th September 2014 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 26th September 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Game to stick pea, we hear, in honeyCUP TIEAAcross 4: Somewhere in 23, something that might tempt a parent endlessly?MUMBAIAAcross 9: List first of names between us. sayMENUAAcross 10: Number discussed then better, it's good to admit, as an indicatorFOREFINGERAAcross 11: Obscure Auden repertoire initially remaining on the bookshelf?UNREADAAcross 12: Somewhere in 23, arraigns criminalSRINAGARAAcross 13: Female into eating foolDINGALINGAAcross 15: Supporter after jobPOSTAAcross 16: Six abandoning support for members somewhere in 23AGRAAAcross 17: Flower border carrying disease beyond back of houseEFFLUENCEAAcross 21: In cell, our not entirely round cell bodiesNUCLEOLIAAcross 22: Coterie — measure of intelligence restricted by one of these?CLIQUEAAcross 24: Crab has gone to scuttle past mongrel on soft earthCURMUDGEONAAcross 25: Shop somewhere in 23, say?DELIAAcross 26: Chicken's job always to punch fishLAYINGAAcross 27: Embroidered, yet was covered in beads?SWEATYDDown 1: Shade found in middle of precinct somewhere in 23CHENNAIDDown 2: Fruit somewhere in 23, about rightPRUNEDDown 3: Where Cubans were asked to place their trust, I don't believeINFIDELDDown 5: Dirty place for entertainment, roof blowing offUNFAIRDDown 6: Report on a body of knowledge somewhere in 23BANGALOREDDown 7: I complain at length about tennis elbow for starters, being repetitiveITERANTDDown 8: Screw is attached, then not — one assessing the cost to secure it?PRISONOFFICERDDown 14: I'm surprised to see old Russian premier casually embracing greenGORBLIMEYDDown 16: Write about American city, American America just like you'd expectAS USUALDDown 18: But adversity comes later, perhaps, for somewhere in 23?LUCKNOWDDown 19: Old Irishman describing rugby with the ultimate in ugly savageryCRUELTYDDown 20: Court office unable to act?WOODENDDown 23: Land essential to find, I assumeINDIA