The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 6th October 2011 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 6th October 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Best man unwisely consuming last of wine cellarBASEMENTAAcross 5: US conspiracy theorist rumoured to be a womanBERTHAAAcross 9: Head of convent's eager to preserve it?CHASTITYAAcross 10: Assange at last escaping awkward situations and fightsSCRAPSAAcross 12: Ring for Victor!LAP OF HONOURAAcross 15: Doctor's exclamation when you take no medicationDROPSAAcross 17: Alcohol leads kid also to crack cocaine and morphine, for exampleALKALOIDSAAcross 18: Manoeuvring wide lorry with anxietyWORRIEDLYAAcross 19: Ink is leaking more, we hearSEPIAAAcross 20: Adorable old mongrelLABRADOODLEAAcross 24: Stop progress, arrested by frosty mienSTYMIEAAcross 25: Show house in Hollywood, perhaps running amok outsideOKLAHOMAAAcross 26: Team of little people saving energyELEVENAAcross 27: They ogle clothing — monarch's in the buff!STARKERSDDown 1: Clasp drink and get on with itBUCKLE DOWNDDown 2: Head of salon put rollers in baskets for the juniorsSHAMPOOERSDDown 3: Married love entails endless argument in recurring patternMOTIFDDown 4: Battled on in a struggle to show what the government owesNATIONAL DEBTDDown 6: Cardinal points to cleric's fancy ringsENCIRCLESDDown 7: Kisser's repellent organTRAPDDown 8: Too regularly missing allusionALSODDown 11: Footwear once supposedly controversial at the CenotaphDONKEY JACKETDDown 13: In school next to Empire TheatreHIPPODROMEDDown 14: Station wagons, say, taking part in Wacky RacesESTATECARSDDown 16: Art form that generates spirit and zestSTILL LIFEDDown 21: Dashing to eject girl during broadcastON AIRDDown 22: Man, perhaps out of his leagueISLEDDown 23: Strings articulating Pinocchio?LYRE