The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 5th October 2012 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 5th October 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: See 24VIRGINIAAAcross 9: See 24WOOLFAAcross 10: See 11BOYSAAcross 11: Work of 15: among plays, others by him not entirely ambiguousTHEHISTORYAAcross 12: Go by land, getting coldWINTRYAAcross 14: Is the bottle so courageous?SPIRITEDAAcross 15: One climbed clear as English authorBENNETTAAcross 17: Einstein's old oath about butter somewhat lostEGGHEADAAcross 20: 5 a part rewritten with religious rite for 15's workAPRIVATEAAcross 22: Shine on beyond deadly sinLUSTREAAcross 23: Copy returned shortly, thrill getting hold of terribly sad work of 15KAFKASDICKAAcross 24: 15's work, if a mermaid breaks off to introduce yarn from Richmond?MEIMAAcross 25: Guillotine out to slice through vessel, sliced into piecesCUT-UPAAcross 25: Guillotine out to slice through vessel, sliced into piecesCUTUPAAcross 26: See 20FUNCTIONDDown 1: Drug — figure drawing it in inhaling poisonous gas?NICOTINEDDown 2: A pleasing thing for Turkish generalsAGASDDown 3: Difficult as a hitch?KNOTTYDDown 4: Where China Sea becomes choppy in the windFAR EASTDDown 5: Anticipating a comic, it having popular features insideAWAITINGDDown 6: Settle on leading celebrities for theatreFOOTLIGHTSDDown 7: Power of pulling, for certain?G-FORCEDDown 13: Bowler's dream, new balls caught in the slipsTENWICKETSDDown 16: Month after one thrown from vehicle, find wing in churchTRANSEPTDDown 18: See 24 acrossAFRAIDOFDDown 19: Number of convictions proves contradictory, thief ultimately claimedBELIEFSDDown 21: Fish put in one's earPLAICEDDown 22: Juliet's heart and Lear's desireLIKINGDDown 24: Story taking month, not a month less a dayMYTH