The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 6th October 2017 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 6th October 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See 27SMILEYAAcross 4: Engineer cannily takes women's perspectiveWANGLEAAcross 9: Gibbons show teeth and tongue, skipping closerGRINAAcross 10: Crystallised forms of cocaine? Bogus setter's first to ingest lineSNOWFLAKESAAcross 11: Story about extremely truculent rabbitTATTLEAAcross 12: Hiding case of luxury gin? Silly moo!LYINGLOWAAcross 13: See 1 downHAPPINESSAAcross 15: See 9LINGAAcross 16: Regularly fall ill after bachelor partyBALLAAcross 17: Current state of two ponies? Ruth blows top about oneLIQUIDITYAAcross 21: SAS perhaps on brink of triumph and verge of shockHAIRLINEAAcross 22: You heard Pharrell's number one hit, HappyUPBEATAAcross 24: Graduate's recent entertaining time amid old tribesmenLICENTIATEAAcross 25: Confront female, one outranking kingFACEAAcross 26: Rabbit, one with long ears eating very last bit of celeryHARVEYAAcross 27: Agent offering Hobson's choice of guide on vacation, with a 9GEORGEDDown 1: Let apple Danish pastries be distributed in great number for todaySPREADADDown 2: Isn't it commonly where you get booze and sex?INNITDDown 3: Mid-September before a sailor's back from Asia, perhapsEASTERNDDown 5: Event is a fine opportunity to have funAFFAIRDDown 6: Dickensian character of rag playing at close of 8GRADGRINDDDown 7: Atmosphere Longfellow captures in no time, poeticallyERELONGDDown 8: Damsel rowdily revelling for 24 life-enhancing hoursWORLDSMILEDAYDDown 14: Park's first wild arboreal mammalPOLAR BEARDDown 16: Maintain Anabaptist principles, with a big 9?BEAMISHDDown 18: Cult celeb wanting outsiders to support British music-makerUKULELEDDown 19: Cut the crap! Rearrange that number for pianoTRANCHEDDown 20: See 1LITTLEDDown 23: Discontented fairy keels over in pub, leaving the rest standingBY FAR