The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 8th October 2001 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 8th October 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Carry a gun with sleeves rolled up, we hearBEARARMSAAcross 9: Keeping up an empty apartmentAFLOATAAcross 10: Postpone a visitSTAYAAcross 11: Clipper of the lineCLOTHES PEGAAcross 12: Tropical disease?CANCERAAcross 14: Your ills may turn out to be imaginaryILLUSORYAAcross 15: One refusing to work in the forward lineSTRIKERAAcross 17: Divorce and go to piecesBREAK UPAAcross 17: Divorce and go to piecesBREAKUPAAcross 20: Herein a peculiar tale, out of this worldETHEREALAAcross 22: Where the batsman stands about in caseCREASEAAcross 23: Beyond the scope of a plumberFATHOMLESSAAcross 24: It's made to lastSHOEAAcross 25: A new paper to be publishedAPPEARAAcross 26: Watch dances in which one has pupilsEYEBALLSDDown 1: Tied up and has no foodKEPTFASTDDown 2: The old way up to the squirrel's nestDREYDDown 3: One looking for a radioactive isotopeTRACERDDown 4: Points to raise in a republicESTONIADDown 5: Composer has part written up for a single personBACHELORDDown 6: Narrow escape after cutting it fine?CLOSE SHAVEDDown 7: Rush about, madly callingCAREERDDown 13: In the sphere of misdeeds this is a recordCRIMESHEETDDown 16: Always increasing?EVERMOREDDown 18: Sound simpleUNSPOILTDDown 19: It's deeply opposed to the devilBLUESEADDown 21: First of the inclinations of vagrantsTRAMPSDDown 22: Battered fish she acceptedCOSHEDDDown 24: Circus performer to making an impressionSEAL