The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 8th October 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 8th October 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Such a contact may get batting team a boundaryINSIDEEDGEAAcross 6: Reportedly put an obstacle in the way of allianceBLOCAAcross 10: Causing laughter about copper being an elementMERCURYAAcross 11: Electric tool to pin down pieceNAILGUNAAcross 12: Fool hiding screwdriver's head and wrenchTWISTAAcross 13: Committee member, perhaps more confident after revision of rateTREASURERAAcross 14: Nurse, northern lass about to retire?NIGHTINGALEAAcross 18: Film race on islandMARATHONMANAAcross 21: East wind featuring in rum tale that's involvedELABORATEAAcross 23: Boredom shown by English nun, new oneENNUIAAcross 24: British composer, one about to come ashoreIRELANDAAcross 25: In Clarkesville, GA, lobbying is prohibited by lawILLEGALAAcross 26: Behind schedule or up to date?LATEAAcross 27: Complain about social worker, religious typePROTESTANTDDown 1: Prisoner's popular partnerINMATEDDown 2: Sieve in stockSTRAINDDown 3: Big handout? Most dubious discloses scepticDOUBTING THOMASDDown 4: Torture in alien countryEGYPTDDown 5: Cat, no tiger, struggling in middle of quagmireGINGERTOMDDown 7: Sort of spin from Labour's leader, for example, ahead of recessLEGBREAKDDown 8: Birds are able to perched on signCANARIESDDown 9: Poor Denise planned, with son, to make a complaintPINS AND NEEDLESDDown 15: Male bird pecking duck, very large duckGOOSANDERDDown 16: Sovereign's small tufted beardIMPERIALDDown 17: Celebrity wearing badly torn accessoryORNAMENTDDown 19: Cipher cracked in gameENIGMADDown 20: US soldier, male, allowed a cocktailGIMLETDDown 22: Female novelist's material brought overELIOT