The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 14th October 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 14th October 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: I put things in with extra inches in heightINSTALLERAAcross 10: Astringent vapour: a number follows with about twice as manyWITCHAAcross 11: Come-on, clearing solversGLADEYEAAcross 12: Nuts provided for starter's dogMASTIFFAAcross 13: See 22FISHAAcross 14: Hereditary privilege gives backbone to the intoxicated - about time!BIRTHRIGHTAAcross 16: Lady grabbing forty winks in ChanceryHANAPERAAcross 17: Something wrong with New Zealand and a town in ItalyVICENZAAAcross 19: Say what's going to happen to the French part of the shipFORECASTLEAAcross 22: If you start from the East, in collision with crustaceanCRAYAAcross 24: Bird with bill twice removed from tree, a false oneROBINIAAAcross 25: Cause of devastation leader in Times newspaper: is Guardian man in pursuit?TSUNAMIAAcross 26: Highball on a slope?SKIERAAcross 27: River frozen over? It's in the diary: it needs handlingPOLICE DOGDDown 1: Oak tree OK? Nights off to be arrangedKINGOFTHEFORESTDDown 2: Fools at home to killerASSASSINDDown 3: See 10HAZELDDown 4: Fish turn up at seaside structure: more ready to drop off?SLEEPIERDDown 5: Supply lines with no delayPROMPTDDown 6: In dread of a direction at the creaseAWESTRUCKDDown 7: Horses on attachment?STRINGDDown 8: Robbery featuring a girl in grammar school with no head is an essential element in operaTHEFATLADYSINGSDDown 15: I'm over the shock at grand course being unfinishedEPICENTREDDown 17: Likely to blow up rodent about to turn tailVOLATILEDDown 18: Two little boys over the waterNORMANDYDDown 20: Minister taking theology: note to church - it may cover population explosionRABBITDDown 21: Fast making one ill-tempered?SNAPPYDDown 23: See 20HUTCH