The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 22nd September 2017 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 22nd September 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Funny swimmer?CLOWNFISHAAcross 10: Daughters leave mottled fruitAPPLEAAcross 11: Turning over, she finally sleeps in laceSPIKEAAcross 12: Talent show from America — edited, soulless and tiredKNACKEREDAAcross 13: Deer knocks back glitterSPARKLEAAcross 14: Bet pound on leading filly, sayFLUTTERAAcross 17: Unacceptable to only score 99?NOTONAAcross 19: Quiet? Yes, quietSHYAAcross 20: Make Broad an extra batsman at the endWIDENAAcross 21: Before victory, South led amazing trickSWINDLEAAcross 22: Colourful old children's TV show?RAINBOWAAcross 24: To suggest making love handle, rip apart!PHILANDERAAcross 26: Reportedly want massageKNEADAAcross 28: Surrey town, for example, hot in the morningEGHAMAAcross 29: Stories about small mammal drawingsLOTTERIESDDown 1: They're cold inside, that is, on top of stickICESDDown 2: Bareback rider?GODIVADDown 3: Runabout conked out, requiring energy not taken into accountUNRECKONEDDDown 4: Finger food with black liquid centrePINKIEDDown 5: Pest breaking the law in France — "why?", they askWHEATFLYDDown 6: Rowling receives a first Christmas cardJACKDDown 7: Ran over dear pet — tragic!OPERATEDDDown 8: Drink made at seaMEADDDown 13: Not even science is above society functionsSINESDDown 15: Greek character's upset with reading faulty Kindle — no lines?UNWRINKLEDDDown 16: Frenchman's wife to start againRENEWDDown 18: Evening time on island, around 1:50TWILIGHTDDown 19: It delays working in a controlled waySTEADILYDDown 22: It's unusual for the Queen's Trust to exclude the ChurchRARITYDDown 23: Indian cigarette is close to the endBEEDIEDDown 24: Dishes regularly spoiled with 25% saltPIESDDown 25: Mary served as hostARMYDDown 27: Bolt had worried about start of sprintDASH