The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st October 2008 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st October 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Put cap on after knocking back drink of PalePALLIDAAcross 5: Shift in river where I catch fishCAMISOLEAAcross 9: Snack gives Spooner beastly pleasureFRUITBUNAAcross 10: Exciting start in Mad Max followed by an exemplar of berserk behaviourAXEMANAAcross 11: Beasts as a pretext for violence etc? I'm so wrong to hold fallacyECOTERRORISMAAcross 13: Boatman's craft is tip-top! A groan-up joke first!PUNTAAcross 14: Rejoin black market? Disgraceful! Leave me right outTALKBACKAAcross 17: Tom is unable to, but his partner gets containerJERRYCANAAcross 18: What we cut off the meat at home in the streetRINDAAcross 20: Having features that no map can hold, I meanUNCHARITABLEAAcross 23: Lost in Kopavogur: khakiclad soldierGURKHAAAcross 24: Determination to finance B1 expansionBACKBONEAAcross 25: It's needed by one who seeks prey (as he could be mistaken)SHARPEYEAAcross 26: Little imp nips mother's bottom in maliceSPRITEDDown 2: A frothy display atopAFRODDown 3: Not so much to say in the MidlandsLEICESTERDDown 4: "What nonsense! Just a place to sleep," reflected one with a mortgageDEBTORDDown 5: Support liable to fold and, in former times, seized by intractable troublesCONCERTINATABLEDDown 6: Monster after Boatman: a flesh-eater's snack?MEATROLLDDown 7: A hint of where to invest in a bull market?STEERDDown 8: It sometimes makes the day a little longer to have a recess in French class before bed at lastLEAP SECONDDDown 12: As expected, having seen our awful expression of disgust ...SURE-ENOUGHDDown 15: ... concerning food thrown up over counter of snack jointBURGERBARDDown 16: Mobster's joint is cover for card operationSCARFACEDDown 19: Couple from Punjab at last have end of semolina (and a bit of custard) under the counterABACUSDDown 21: He enjoys travelling simply, as Gandhi, Kerouac discoveredHIKERDDown 22: Fly using base of wing found on exotic antGNAT