The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 20th October 2011 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 20th October 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Dessert country, say, with considerable dosage of sugarSWEETCHAMPAGNEAAcross 9: Maybe prepare to roast, having bipolar disorderPARBOILAAcross 10: Credit more frequently given to smallholderCROFTERAAcross 11: It's not nice to be harshROUGHAAcross 12: Tails twisted in marker between land and seaCOASTLINEAAcross 13: I believe about 80% of confrontation is getting louderCRESCENDOAAcross 14: How Brer Fox lay? Leave after him?DOGGOAAcross 15: Is a girl a boy or a girl?ISSUEAAcross 17: A lot of money made as evidence of being well protectedBOMBPROOFAAcross 20: Killer's mistake is to interrupt racesTERRORISTAAcross 22: Fashionable firm appearing finally disguisedINCOGAAcross 23: One in charge of unfinished new picture may be laid on pillowOCCIPUTAAcross 24: These days a French lover is very hardADAMANTAAcross 25: Mutton dressed as lamb? That's Prince CharlesYOUNGPRETENDERDDown 1: Byline pictures prison riotsSUPERSCRIPTIONDDown 2: 10 euro demand on the wayEN ROUTEDDown 3: Trouble ahead — also hot during growth aheadTOOTHACHEDDown 4: Man left picture on mount for inspirationHELICONDDown 5: Turn African country into old Palestinian one — not hot during excursion in playMUCHADODDown 6: See 5ABOUTDDown 7: See 5NOTHINGDDown 8: One man's 20 is another man's style raised loudly in cargo carrierFREEDOM FIGHTERDDown 14: Copy cat in romance after afters returnDUPLICATEDDown 16: Wind nothing like this before capturing legendary birdSIROCCODDown 17: Report of beak on beast with horns where speed limit is likelyBUILT-UPDDown 18: Gas found by setter around FromeMETHANEDDown 19: Picking scene where killer gets tough?ORCHARDDDown 21: Some portraits by writer, an artistORPEN