The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 4th October 2006 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 4th October 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Harry Potter's appealPROTESTAAcross 5: Last bit of parched river becoming a trickleDRIBBLEAAcross 10: Princess fled to ItalyRANIAAcross 11: Anxiety about hair stops you sleepingALARM CLOCKAAcross 12: Arrested two boysNICKEDAAcross 13: Surprise as Ms Morrison starts to sing hymnsASTONISHAAcross 14: George Eliot's one novel mused on extremes of parsimonyPSEUDONYMAAcross 16: Fail to find unknown girlMISSYAAcross 17: Some tortillas, pickles and jellyASPICAAcross 19: Theodoric, perhaps, got shot or chopped to bitsOSTROGOTHAAcross 23: Wild animals love enigmatic ladyMONALISAAAcross 24: Female should get engagedFOUGHTAAcross 26: Mammal chasing grassland rodentPRAIRIE DOGAAcross 27: Eccentric king?CARDAAcross 28: Lets one play Shakespearean roleLEONTESAAcross 29: I repent unorthodox view regarding PopePETRINEDDown 2: Developed a desire for cashREADIESDDown 3: Express gratitude, having one for a reasonTHINKDDown 4: Don's a complicated and extremely unpleasant personSO-AND-SODDown 6: Mister Wrong's briefsREMITSDDown 7: Happen to desire secure relationshipBELONGINGDDown 8: Place initially teeming with small insectsLOCUSTSDDown 9: Part of Spain's rainy and scandal-wrackedCANARY ISLANDSDDown 15: Nonconformist group's heresyUNITARIANDDown 18: Flog and torture rogues without first bit of compassionSCOURGEDDown 20: Judge, initially unsympathetic, has word of encouragement for runawayREFUGEEDDown 21: Resort near the capitalTEHERANDDown 22: Excellent guess!DIVINEDDown 25: Cruel, debauched source of corruptionULCER