The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 18th October 2010 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 18th October 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: City financeCAPITALAAcross 5: Tidy up — start in the passageTRANSITAAcross 9: You'll surprise someone by taking him thisABACKAAcross 10: Board bring in a head ready to educateTEACHABLEAAcross 11: Assume ten love being held by rather a chivalrous characterDON QUIXOTEAAcross 12: Courage needed on icy roadsGRITAAcross 14: Prices seem at unusually high levels for works of artMASTERPIECESAAcross 18: Carriage reserved for a small chargePERAMBULATORAAcross 21: Rotten positionRANKAAcross 22: You bet positivelyABSOLUTELYAAcross 25: Communist and German worker laid offREDUNDANTAAcross 26: Sect making friends in France with HenryAMISHAAcross 27: Play the fool? Sleep on it!BEDROLLAAcross 28: Two names written in a foreign languageRUSSIANDDown 1: A man to praise in churchCLAUDEDDown 2: Record turnover is not commonly a cause of thisPLAINTDDown 3: Prepare to fight for a rump steak that's rareTAKE UP ARMSDDown 4: Rubber solution from past timesLATEXDDown 5: Upset pudding leads to a riot breaking out in foreign restaurantTRATTORIADDown 6: One seen outside hospital may need treatmentACHEDDown 7: Take off in coach going upcountrySUBTRACTDDown 8: Doctor is initially eager to give discourseTREATISEDDown 13: They enable one to take the long viewBINOCULARSDDown 15: Sort of sketch one has in handTHUMBNAILDDown 16: Joint description of Eve's origin?SPARERIBDDown 17: Secret society set up racket inside islandTRINIDADDDown 19: A sign of twinsGEMINIDDown 20: Part of a 100-yard dashHYPHENDDown 23: Extremely poor shot on targetOUTERDDown 24: Prepare for take-off?UNDO