The Guardian Cryptic AnswersFriday, 27th April 2007 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th April 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Poultry and gameDUCKS AND DRAKESAAcross 8: Dissimulate willingly, we hearFEIGNAAcross 9: JK Galbraith understood about boomsTHUNDERSAAcross 11: Lady golfer takes exercise before the cutELSPETHAAcross 12: Hard, cruel exercise before run, making greyhound crossLURCHERAAcross 13: Senior slip, perhaps, dropping twoELDERAAcross 15: Perhaps there's irritation about politicianPETERHAINAAcross 17: Taliban are not initially prepared to be docileTRAINABLEAAcross 20: Activists died in custodyCADREAAcross 21: Ethanol-producing town in IrelandATHLONEAAcross 23: Husband involved with lassie, or lassies, in PerthSHEILASAAcross 25: Official makes punishment workLINESMANAAcross 26: In the North, it's the perfect foodTRIPEAAcross 27: To smoke heroin or hash can get Ed into troubleCHASETHEDRAGONDDown 1: Kind of equation in which odd imaginary number is written above a lineDIFFERENTIALDDown 2: Bill's childrenCHITSDDown 3: Council has dinner in messSANHEDRINDDown 4: TUC's recordNOTCHUPDDown 5: TT jacketDOUBLETDDown 6: Computer element finally malfunctioned in middle of read-outADDERDDown 7: Torment, death, war and retribution heading in our directionEARTHWARDDDown 10: Outspoken genius ignoring one's novelFRANKENSTEINDDown 14: After analysis we had this Freudian impulseDEATH WISHDDown 16: He satirised Jane's love interestROCHESTERDDown 18: Coaster's master slightly tipsy after a drinkBEER MATDDown 19: Cold ascetic about to bare soulESSENCEDDown 22: At least 12 deliveries left before end of inningsOVERSDDown 24: Some really ingenious duplicityLYING