The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 11th October 2001 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 11th October 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Copper gets bawdy post intended for clergymanCURACYAAcross 4: Use soft soap - it's not so lumpyFLATTERAAcross 9: Prepared to be crazy before daybreakMADEREADYAAcross 10: Italy is sheltering Dr King, ousted by GaddafiIDRISAAcross 11: Homework, perhaps, heads of school always read aloudESSAYAAcross 12: Shopping, including tea bagsPURCHASESAAcross 13: Ornament used for tile designTREFOILAAcross 15: Minister soft on crimePARSONAAcross 17: Is there a soupcon of French pique because they lost this in 1759?QUEBECAAcross 19: Cobblers pursue proctor's assistantBULLDOGAAcross 22: Craft of Venezia, fore and aft, on Italian river taking aquatic creature backVAPORETTOAAcross 24: Bill in America loves ProhibitionTABOOAAcross 26: Poles have to suffer - they're hammered!NAILSAAcross 27: Roman writer or Roman leader in college embraced by PopePETRONIUSAAcross 28: This might be raised by the disdainful Cockney intellectual, we hearEYEBROWAAcross 29: One who had stable employment in the east of Germany left with a hesitant expressionOSTLERDDown 1: How the French make remarks?COMMENTDDown 2: Ways through the woods are free waysRIDESDDown 3: Wretch going by railway to search for a grooming aidCURRYCOMBDDown 4: Knowing about some insectivorous plantFLYTRAPDDown 5: Around Michigan, remains of the strictly old-fashioned sectAMISHDDown 6: Beginning to do farm work and getting on with itTHRESHOLDDDown 7: To stand up to rest is unusualRESISTDDown 8: Fish meal oddly rejected: apart from the stigma, it also has styleCARPELDDown 14: Outfit on French river has balanceEQUIPOISEDDown 16: Joy comes between Rex and small familyRELATIONSDDown 18: Person used in musical about phone technologyCAT'S-PAWDDown 18: Person used in musical about phone technologyCATSPAWDDown 19: Game of chance after bishop gets hopelessly drunkBLOTTODDown 20: Shopkeeper is said to have got fatterGROSSERDDown 21: He's ejected from heaven, then uses Eve initially as a means of approachAVENUEDDown 23: This part of stair is erectRISERDDown 25: Book associated with running water and fishBRILL