The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 4th October 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 4th October 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Baby clothes in the lane?CRAWLERSAAcross 5: Bats' home to be left to fishBELFRYAAcross 9: Open case, possibly, from being securely shut?NOESCAPEAAcross 10: Meal in old France, not finishing the cakeGATEAUAAcross 12: Sentinel on guard duty has one, unlike a study in phoneticsLONGUAAcross 13: Spectacle was here or movedRAREE-SHOWAAcross 14: Self-righteous gloating - posh politician, a prince, is in good conditionTRIUMPHALISMAAcross 18: "1 2, 2 2, _____" - passionate and angry at return of rebuffHOTCROSSBUNSAAcross 21: Turn to divinity, its doctor to have the property of a seesawUP AND DOWNAAcross 23: Light of love?TORCHAAcross 24: Turn in path going straight through the thatchHATPINAAcross 25: Remote object following 2 on the roadFARTHINGAAcross 26: 19, perhaps, or sewer?SINGERAAcross 27: Lyres, etc played under the roseSECRETLYDDown 1: Light held in comparison with ...CANDLEDDown 2: ... price of book?APENNYDDown 3: One putting on coat presents a pound bill: odd? About rightLACQUERERDDown 4: Touching instruments has an effectREPERCUSSIONDDown 6: Dodge publicity during vigilEVADEDDown 7: New tune in the openFRESHAIRDDown 8: Bill for 2 25 presented by the 5 or 17'sYOUOWEMEDDown 11: Company with English musicians in prison for expansive dressingCREPEBANDAGEDDown 15: Jotter in the year disposed to artANNOTATORDDown 16: Even if the way is upwards, there may be 2 for themTHOUGHTSDDown 17: Tours leader in the fieldsST. MARTINDDown 19: Creator of 17 with nasal defects?ARTISTDDown 20: Say "Turn: it's your round: 2 for me!"THEGUYDDown 22: Urge to take the wheelDRIVE