The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 20th October 2009 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 20th October 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Veteran who's broken a leg with Stratford regulars?OLD STAGERAAcross 6: See 26WILDAAcross 8: Movie showing about 2am in prisonCATWOMANAAcross 9: Change in school's top speller?SWITCHAAcross 10: Governor having trouble in courtBAILEYAAcross 11: Undress corpse after crossing two riversSTRIPOFFAAcross 12: Inventive Scotsman caught in embrace of precocious young girlMCADAMAAcross 15: Curse God when badly afflictedSCOURGEDAAcross 16: Large amounts secured with these?LASHINGSAAcross 19: Live on the edgeRESIDEAAcross 21: Disconnection noted, so whips round with whip-roundSTACCATOAAcross 22: A comedian, Thatcher's first chancellorBRANDTAAcross 24: Car used by Fiesta testerESTATEAAcross 25: Fat Duck's starter found by A1DRIPPINGAAcross 26: JFK once lied?IDLEAAcross 27: Thursdays off? No, rather than yes, in the army collegeSANDHURSTDDown 1: Port where sailor has a car, reportedlyOSAKADDown 2: Lagged behind as diamonds led, after a lot of money put upDAWDLEDDDown 3: For which term "opera" may muddle your heads?TOMMYDDown 4: Group formationGENESISDDown 5: Point to sort of brakes one found in auto storeRESERVOIRDDown 6: Cheeky lad, one that steals fishWHIPPERDDown 7: I chilled out touring fine old English cityLICHFIELDDDown 13: Beaten at chess, I'd messed upCHASTISEDDDown 14: Perhaps tigers with long hair taking a short cutMANEATERSDDown 17: Cat lost in the middle of the rec area?HECTAREDDown 18: One of the ups and downs, off and onSNOWDONDDown 20: See 6SNAPPERDDown 22: Oddly balding, the ship's captainBLIGHDDown 23: The same fruit pastryDONUT