The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 10th October 2003 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 10th October 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dickensian, mad about foodPEGGOTTYAAcross 5: Flee city in the rainDECAMPAAcross 9: Capital asset supports familyBEARSKINAAcross 10: Copper has last word about judgementACUMENAAcross 11: Swimmer put the Parisian through the windowLANCELETAAcross 12: Waif shows vital energy when boarding vesselURCHINAAcross 14: Vagrant's old job being a bouncerTRAMPOLINEAAcross 18: Waterway worker has food in cupboardLOCKKEEPERAAcross 22: Fool makes a full stop approaching a roadDOTARDAAcross 23: Raise case being resolved tardilyESCALATEAAcross 24: Obtain endless happinessELICITAAcross 25: Put at risk the outcome with ill-temperENDANGERAAcross 26: Nobody keeps a German in a state of immaturityNONAGEAAcross 27: Ringing factory without informationPLANGENTDDown 1: Footballer collects books of calculusPEBBLEDDown 2: Monitor shot girlGOANNADDown 3: Some teddy boys terrorised nativeOYSTERDDown 4: Cloth samples found in bathroomTOILETRIESDDown 6: Is in Paris holding shipment of delicacyESCARGOTDDown 7: Badly cram stuffing into furnitureARMCHAIRDDown 8: Swan formerly on sovereign's bannerPENONCELDDown 13: Detached and processed iron sampleIMPERSONALDDown 15: Prepare glue, bond and stickBLUDGEONDDown 16: Cutter cut boy of an ancient regionSCYTHIANDDown 17: Drink absorbed in smart fabricSKIRTINGDDown 19: An African leader in prison in the Promised LandCANAANDDown 20: Hang many a crookDANGLEDDown 21: Feel sorry for river birdREGRET