The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 8th October 2007 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 8th October 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Beckham, say, swayed games on pitchMEGASTARAAcross 9: More work here?UTOPIAAAcross 10: Old town subject to inflationTYREAAcross 11: Is hesitant when perplexed? Quite the contraryANTITHESISAAcross 12: Not how Anne Boleyn's ghost will collide with youHEAD-ONAAcross 14: I am conclusively shown to be betterIMPROVEDAAcross 15: A big hit, poetry, that is fashionableA LA MODEAAcross 15: A big hit, poetry, that is fashionableALAMODEAAcross 17: The sort ready to compose something impressive?TYPESETAAcross 20: A few stiff doubles needed before opening this showWAXWORKSAAcross 22: Chortle when sober man gets into a rowTITTERAAcross 23: Justice obtained by a soldier in various mattersMAGISTRATEAAcross 24: Hear athlete is puffedBLEWAAcross 25: Looted overthrown city of SpainTOLEDOAAcross 26: Exceptionally animated, sparkling stuffDIAMANTEDDown 1: All right for light and water?VERY WELLDDown 2: It tastes sweet, but schoolboys dislike itCANEDDown 3: Stress injurySTRAINDDown 4: The country bears it in mindBRITAINDDown 5: I'll put my production to increaseMULTIPLYDDown 6: Reach the others and stopCOMETORESTDDown 7: A comparison which makes one break into a grinSIMILEDDown 13: Attendant who never answers back gets pushed aroundDUMBWAITERDDown 16: The length of time around it variesDURATIONDDown 18: Weather men caught in a flurry of sleetELEMENTSDDown 19: I have to go ashore in a ship when visiting themISLANDSDDown 21: An aggressive female runnerAMAZONDDown 22: To step up will protect the footTOECAPDDown 24: Raise game although ready to dropBEAT