The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd September 2016 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd September 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Soldier, having inhaled phosphorus, is carried by retiring fighting unitCOMPANYAAcross 5: Oil, not iodine, inserted in wings, which are merely ornamentalFOLLIESAAcross 9: American's level accountSTORYAAcross 10: Performance object one included in jazzy introRENDITIONAAcross 11: Eyeing Pisa's movement? Never!IN A PIG'S EYEAAcross 12: Ruler's quiet sighSHAHAAcross 14: Entertainer who needed a get-out clause?HARRY HOUDINIAAcross 18: A Simpson involved in statement to be resolved, even with thisEQUALISATIONAAcross 21: See 28TODDAAcross 22: Ruin what you do, separating messily in NYCINSOLVENCYAAcross 25: Cool things: duchess's means of cutting a fine figureICESKATESAAcross 26: Wanderer's audible pain, understand?GYPSYAAcross 27: Enable English gardener to absorb pressure?EMPOWERAAcross 28: Barber Eddy won't see kinksSWEENEYDDown 1: Immense head of state in rich settingCOSMICDDown 2: Low note moneyMOOLAHDDown 3: Bill takes pity, moving colleague in an unusual wayATYPICALLYDDown 4: Battle scene when belittled US leader breaks agreementYPRESDDown 5: Well, I never put Troy in Ascot wearFANCYTHATDDown 6: Meat cut row announced by Brummie?LOINDDown 7: Whiskey Bob's danceIRISHJIGDDown 8: Scorer's outburst of hedonism?SONDHEIMDDown 13: Very old insertion in fugue, too vague to be datedOUTOFVOGUEDDown 15: It echoes some features on a tortoiseRESONATORDDown 16: Street swamped with drugs in extensive area of ManhattanWEST SIDEDDown 16: Street swamped with drugs in extensive area of ManhattanWESTSIDEDDown 17: Clued anagrammatically, without depth, and finished "get real close"CUDDLEUPDDown 19: Web before its inception was large organisation's jokeUNSPUNDDown 20: Heartless, sneaky, zany guy's opposition of three?SYZYGYDDown 23: Haven — nothing like a militant groupOASISDDown 24: Bias of south London gardensSKEW