The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 14th October 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 14th October 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Failing to change sidesDEFECTAAcross 4: Perfumes got from ascetics round aboutESSENCESAAcross 9: Greek goddess, one by a strong-smelling bush?ARTEMISIAAAcross 11: Previous head of a house of friarsPRIORAAcross 12: Excessive bureaucracy shown in Communist videoRED TAPEAAcross 13: True, one crashed on the wayEN ROUTEAAcross 14: Gossip in newspaper hounding president?BUSHTELEGRAPHAAcross 17: Repeatedly benefit by article, article on racket involving commanderAGAIN AND AGAINAAcross 21: To employ fewer is no goodUSELESSAAcross 22: Runs slip away, causing a setback to recoveryRELAPSEAAcross 24: Girl I care aboutERICAAAcross 25: Girl chess player, faultlessLILY-WHITEAAcross 26: How an egg may be fried, done slowlyOVEREASYAAcross 27: Around noon, notice animal doctor comingADVENTDDown 1: Harangue family after help upsetDIATRIBEDDown 2: Smelly, following high tideFETIDDDown 3: Company representative undertaking to bring a cosmetics caseCOMPACTDDown 5: Assembly, say, attended by singular army officerSTATES GENERALDDown 6: Parking available in first-rate capital city over big storesEMPORIADDown 7: Mexican barkerCHIHUAHUADDown 8: Cricket team's carriageSURREYDDown 10: What may revive sailors after flogging arresting onset of mutiny?SMELLING SALTSDDown 15: A venomous concoction of cider and lager?SNAKEBITEDDown 16: Pastime of painter, EstonianINTERESTDDown 18: Ordinary girl kept in a long timeAVERAGEDDown 19: Granted, everyone had debtsALLOWEDDDown 20: Arranged let, up overlooking old Elvis's birthplaceTUPELODDown 23: Vanity shown by party's leader on journeyPRIDE