The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 9th October 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 9th October 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Collide with b---- ref!BUMPAAcross 3: Open over advisory groupABOVEBOARDAAcross 9: Very small container at end of quayTINYAAcross 10: Movement of highly skilled people one in variety organised around ItalyBRAIN DRAINAAcross 12: Fail to win card game and become exasperatedLOSEPATIENCEAAcross 15: Sister deciphered runesNURSEAAcross 16: One may be requested to stop at some stageBUS DRIVERAAcross 18: Fish that's gone off in basketCONGER EELAAcross 19: Stiffly formal round start of unusual Jewish festivalPURIMAAcross 20: Taken from a disc not intended for release?OFF THE RECORDAAcross 24: Strange aroma, scent, here in CaliforniaSACRAMENTOAAcross 25: Hide in rear of quarters with familySKINAAcross 26: Female after remarkably loud dress in German cityDUSSELDORFAAcross 27: Almost perfect conceptIDEADDown 1: Nerve and audacity shown in hold-upBOTTLENECKDDown 2: Men in store ordered soupMINESTRONEDDown 4: Albert bid ridiculously for garden itemBIRDTABLEDDown 5: See nothing in immorality, sayVOICEDDown 6: Gambler, one entertained by dancer with a lurid taleBODICE RIPPERDDown 7: Greek hero with Amsterdam football teamAJAXDDown 8: Refuse in study, and close to studyDENYDDown 11: Something that is easily obtained at a birthday party?APIECEOFCAKEDDown 13: Failed to notice, so allowed to go unpunished?OVERLOOKEDDDown 14: Opera star, one difficult to pleasePRIMA DONNADDown 17: In TV repeat, initally see sly animated catSYLVESTERDDown 21: Beginning to toil, feeble person in riverTWEEDDDown 22: Employed American editorUSEDDDown 23: No head for details in bookACTS