The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 26th October 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 26th October 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cross one river with a noteIRATEAAcross 4: One acted in variety showINDICATEAAcross 8: Fast moving drug dealersSPEEDMERCHANTSAAcross 10: Force to put one means of transport before anotherRAILROADAAcross 11: Very occupied by intimate Japanese cultSHINTOAAcross 12: It's puzzling how gin and it came to be orderedENIGMATICAAcross 15: Murphy's pile?CLAMPAAcross 17: Enquire in the backstreet for jobsTASKSAAcross 18: Succeed in chaseCOME AFTERAAcross 19: Sends away for booksORDERSAAcross 21: Store memoir up in a novel formEMPORIUMAAcross 24: Adam's apple?FORBIDDEN FRUITAAcross 25: Frenzied macho types kept in checkVEHEMENTAAcross 26: City editor taken in by the FrenchLEEDSDDown 1: Rising from the ranks?INSURRECTIONDDown 2: Drinks provided in riotous partiesAPERITIFSDDown 3: The Spanish red rose wine ingredients come from hereELDERDDown 4: Act I lines sadly lacking in flexibilityINELASTICDDown 5: Get down — from this?DUCKDDown 6: Repeated request for tea danceCHA-CHA-CHADDown 7: Giant bird on a poleTITANDDown 9: Policeman gets a lead on forgers — metalworkers!COPPERSMITHSDDown 13: Skinflint having talent for being unhappyMISERABLEDDown 14: One in the club has whip-round for cheeseCAMEMBERTDDown 16: Property chargeATTRIBUTEDDown 20: Took the wheel in a Land RoverDROVEDDown 22: Waste parts of Cornish riverOFFALDDown 23: The advantage of keennessEDGE