The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 1st November 2010 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 1st November 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fit retaining 45-inch screwPROPELLERAAcross 6: Grouse meatBEEFAAcross 8: The underworld's guard dog of choice?CERBERUSAAcross 9: Flat for those not wishing to move when they retireBEDSITAAcross 10: Pay to staySETTLEAAcross 11: His appetite is all-consumingOMNIVOREAAcross 12: Way a convict joined a WWII prisonSTALAGAAcross 15: Doctor needs work permits to provide dripsDROPLETSAAcross 16: Not always the products of great minds!BIGIDEASAAcross 19: Fears the end of combined studiesDREADSAAcross 21: A good mixer, maybe, but a troublemakerAGITATORAAcross 22: One side getting nothing in agreementRIGHTOAAcross 24: Puncture politician caught in a lie, perhapsIMPALEAAcross 25: Betting, using a payphoneWAGERINGAAcross 26: Witnesses a key agreementEYESAAcross 27: Speak for traveller with grudgeREPRESENTDDown 1: Man on board with gunPIECEDDown 2: Boring part in exam that's revolutionaryORBITALDDown 3: Eastern lake found in the West? StrangeEERIEDDown 4: Caught girl with nothing on with boyLASSOEDDDown 5: Starting to steal at home, thug was outlawedROBIN HOODDDown 6: Base and vicious, determined to tormentBEDEVILDDown 7: Tim agreed to move, went overseasEMIGRATEDDDown 13: Skinny, toothless what's-his-nameTHINGUMMYDDown 14: Shining example of brat eager to reformGREAT BEARDDown 17: Plainly distressed, but retains composureINTEARSDDown 18: Bungle a pay rise?SCREW UPDDown 18: Bungle a pay rise?SCREWUPDDown 20: Grenade thrown — go on the defensiveEN GARDEDDown 22: Knave withdrawn from the pack?ROGUEDDown 23: It may be held up or downTENET