The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 29th September 2004 There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 29th September 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: English church with something candid, we hear, lacking English bearingANGLICANAAcross 9: A match that's brilliantALIGHTAAcross 10: Fixture's ultimately to provide itRESULTAAcross 11: Ben taking drug gets crossTRAVERSEAAcross 12: Small, yet troublesome, irritationSTYEAAcross 13: Laugh at end of tune by Mary Poppins, folk singingHOOTENANNYAAcross 15: Old teacher clutching tin, drunk, given free spiritBEATNIKAAcross 16: Feature of garden thus in brief designPERGOLAAAcross 18: Skill demonstrated by many from start, catching favouriteCOMPETENCEAAcross 19: Prove point with questionSHOWAAcross 20: Winter accessory, one given hoodSCARFACEAAcross 22: Return for attackPROFITAAcross 23: In confines of space, weightless? Drift offSNOOZEAAcross 24: Picture, framing one with many subjects almost good, cleanerSQUEEGEEDDown 1: Novel from which even hot cauldron eruptsUNDERTHEVOLCANODDown 2: Novel still caging awful brute, having detailed birdFLAUBERTSPARROTDDown 3: Ben overlooks such a presence as block overlooked, saySCOTCHMISTDDown 4: Top party affected suavityUNCTIONDDown 5: Lethal avalanche's passage from 1LAVADDown 6: Novel offering idle talk and desperate message, each after portentous time in conflictWIDESARGASSOSEADDown 7: Novel speculates about sensual excitement, love finally abandonedTHESUNALSORISESDDown 14: Test foreign students about student taken in by awful punELEVEN-PLUSDDown 17: Lines may be oppositeINVERSEDDown 21: Tree, one providing great service?ACER