The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 29th October 2008 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 29th October 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Passed down from Lancaster?ANCESTRALAAcross 6: Necktie - one from Paisley, sayASCOTAAcross 9: A doctor takes in 50% less as a psychiatristADLERAAcross 10: Delicious nipper takes partTOOTHSOMEAAcross 11: Government formed with a Tory leader in controlDOMINATIONAAcross 12: Fine artist depicting lady's fingersOKRAAAcross 14: Female saint in place of captain at head of troopsBRIDGETAAcross 15: Give Cockney a place in HampshireANDOVERAAcross 17: Puzzle no longer translated?NONPLUSAAcross 19: About mid-November, change for American bondsCEMENTSAAcross 20: Song for that man on the radio?HYMNAAcross 22: Ancient, as a settlement for ancient peopleCANAANITESAAcross 25: Commonwealth country with a large interiorAUSTRALIAAAcross 26: Dined in college by the sound of itEATENAAcross 27: Drink knocked back - setback for artistKLIMTAAcross 28: Insects on holiday, having abandoned a nestWHITEANTSDDown 1: Old guard going after first prizeAWARDDDown 2: Non-U physicist admitted embracing a South AmericanCOLOMBIANDDown 3: Anglers got flounder? What a blow!STRONG GALEDDown 4: Sound heard at door right next to empty apartment - thriceRAT-A-TATDDown 4: Sound heard at door right next to empty apartment - thriceRATATATDDown 5: Overture, one of several, alone or in concertLEONORADDown 6: Long or short account? What's up?ACHEDDown 7: Look at the mileometerCLOCKDDown 8: Roget? He's among the starsTHESAURUSDDown 13: Believe in people initiallyADAM-AND-EVEDDown 14: Point of reference for boys outside churchBENCH MARKDDown 14: Point of reference for boys outside churchBENCHMARKDDown 16: Game French countVINGT-ET-UNDDown 18: Believe in a birdSWALLOWDDown 19: Portion of butter one served with tea breadCHAPATIDDown 21: Africans as puzzled as I amMASAIDDown 23: Cavity walls in useless bridge?SINUSDDown 24: Worry about appearing in newspaperFRET