The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th October 2003 There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th October 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: An integral part of the housePLAYGOERAAcross 9: Older woman hanging over girl's backDUENNAAAcross 10: Old number Elvis called "Old Sea Dog"VIKINGAAcross 11: Brought together, indifferent about being delayedCOLLATEDAAcross 12: Back at university someone's emptied the kittyPUSSAAcross 13: Deprive of three claws and despatch quickly without thanksEXPEDITATEAAcross 15: Letter lost, allowed to fall on the groundTERRAINAAcross 16: Emphatically accepting choice when provided with a list of subjectsINDEXEDAAcross 18: Settling down with advance team, getting directions to capture castle, initiallySUBSIDENCEAAcross 19: Swarm seen in retrospect as seemlyTEEMAAcross 20: Pear lies rotten by fruit treeESPALIERAAcross 22: Ignoring the alternatives, whirls Dolly with exuberanceWILDLYAAcross 23: Steer straightDIRECTAAcross 24: First member of union forcing open rebellionUPRISINGDDown 1: A garland (American, of course) turning us right up before it becomes something to enjoyALEISUREPURSUITDDown 2: Smiley's pleader a suspect? I'm not at liberty to sayMYLIPSARESEALEDDDown 3: Language bound to cause difficulty in speakingTONGUE-TIEDDDown 4: A principle to be discerned in group receptionsPRECEPTDDown 5: One will be good enough for Liberal's imageIDOLDDown 6: Go to dinner, say, clutching book - one's first experience of split upDEPARTMENTALISEDDown 7: Little squirt preventing us getting a biteINSECT REPELLANTDDown 14: An asinine performance?DONKEYWORKDDown 17: Pouring out for us exclusivelyINGROUPDDown 21: Ten volunteers is not muchIOTA