The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 3rd October 2012 There are 14 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 3rd October 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ministry reversal of rule on not skatingFOREIGN OFFICEAAcross 9: Sausage is beginning to cook, as far as one can see? Not quiteCHORIZOAAcross 10: Kind of memory that returns to engulf a little fighterMATADORAAcross 11: Copy topless constraintIMITATIONAAcross 12: Spikes on shoesLACESAAcross 13: Be patient and join me in serving dinersLETSAAcross 14: Writer involved in a recent riot shows remorseREPENTANCEAAcross 16: In reality time after time follows small preference for the last courseSWEET TOOTHAAcross 19: See 13WAITAAcross 20: Elizabeth I certainly demonstrates this principleETHICAAcross 21: Fancy bathing costume with broken thong missing came out of MerseysideBEAT MUSICAAcross 23: Abandon lease, having found a small tear, perhapsDROPLETAAcross 24: Acts of robbery cause delaysHOLDUPSAAcross 25: A tall nut — aren't nuts a gift?NATURALTALENTDDown 1: Husky voice of lover, when swallowed by Miss Piggy?FROGINTHETHROATDDown 2: Yoghurt from Austria leaving us confusedRAITADDown 3: Love vow lies shatteredIDOLISEDDown 4: I'm on an upwards course, born to be a candidateNOMINEEDDown 5: Pointlessness of fuse?FUTILITYDDown 6: Dine out on little money, since sailor reported crimeINDECENTASSAULTDDown 7: This perhaps occupies fully Mr Little Englander?EUROSCEPTICISMDDown 8: Sick in pain with East Enders, finish on weak spotACHILLES TENDONDDown 15: Pedant has left in the price tagSTICKLERDDown 17: Going round in circles, Tony Blair ignores the base of UN resolutionORBITALDDown 18: Put up paintings, accepting pain in the neckTRACHEADDown 22: Give me shelter from the riotMELEE