The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 27th October 2008 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 27th October 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rejected and dropped, holding back informationABNEGATEDAAcross 9: Clever as student, mostlyASTUTEAAcross 10: Material son added to rum and waterGROSGRAINAAcross 11: Scrub cape unusually cleanCANCELAAcross 12: ATM George misused as source of moneyMORTGAGEEAAcross 13: Man of great stature eclipsing one as artistTITIANAAcross 17: Secure contractGETAAcross 19: Repeat too much love poetry around universityOVERUSEAAcross 20: They cover pupils, including learner I had in English? OKEYELIDSAAcross 21: Character of Timon and others reducedETAAAcross 23: Tailor putting skill in to select cutSARTORAAcross 27: Odd US candidate who kept spirits up?RUMRUNNERAAcross 28: Port not all passed orthodoxly to the leftODESSAAAcross 29: Tale's beginning, in fact, in touching wayTACTUALLYAAcross 30: Course from France in French plane, sayENTREEAAcross 31: Impression about second team's left-winger, maybeDISSIDENTDDown 2: Dog, black one, grabbing pastaBORZOIDDown 3: See some tigers at zoo, not like the real thingERSATZDDown 4: Safety device essential in pipes?AIR BAGDDown 4: Safety device essential in pipes?AIRBAGDDown 5: Power to harm and be upset, I heardEVIL EYEDDown 6: Property mainly belonging to me is kept inside barESTAMINETDDown 7: Petty rule it could be unpolitic to breakPUNCTILIODDown 8: Top up rum he mixed with PilsnerREPLENISHDDown 14: Tiny swimmers, with so little weight, turning up at openingsZOOSPORESDDown 15: As material, get serge or get terry in partGEORGETTEDDown 16: A piteous drunk, having died, examined thus?AUTOPSIEDDDown 17: What gets grey started?GEEDDown 18: Non-alcoholic drink is what driver needs, we hearTEADDown 22: About a thousand units involved in main disturbanceTSUNAMIDDown 24: Authors announced titlesWRITESDDown 25: Like nurses at work, keep going!ONWARDDDown 26: With this kind of coat, unaffected by flakTEFLON