The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 24th October 2012 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 24th October 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Plan ups extra revenueSUPERTAXAAcross 5: Work the Queen leaves for one providing horse, sayOPIATEAAcross 9: They may be sarcastic, when press is across the streetIRONISTSAAcross 10: Junkie kept quiet for old archbishopUSSHERAAcross 12: Try on Google, say, for study of the elderlyGERONTOLOGYAAcross 15: Course for Angus, say?ASCOTAAcross 17: Sport has sign defect, but it keeps orderRULE OF LAWAAcross 18: How I told pope I was leaving?TOODLEPIPAAcross 19: The thanks given in a letter from AthensTHETAAAcross 20: Roger is paid for training North American marmotsPRAIRIEDOGSAAcross 24: Tea set broken without blemishCHASTEAAcross 25: Dance with lover, a sergeant?FLAMENCOAAcross 26: The outcome of intimacy may be more by accidentEMBRYOAAcross 27: City sits uneasily with trouble in waterworksCYSTITISDDown 1: Superficial treatments for ruler with large amount on boardSKINGRAFTSDDown 2: Does one measure degrees of support for mechanised farming?PROTRACTORDDown 3: Rule where to abdicate is pointlessREIGNDDown 4: Court case over drama, following dispute with refereeACTION REPLAYDDown 6: Face of toy designed to be indecisivePUSSYFOOTDDown 7: Teacher's heart complaint?ACHEDDown 8: Deserve a pot, as they sayEARNDDown 11: Loss of player — perhaps from something that disagreed with him?FOOL'S PARSLEYDDown 13: Scots peasant goes on ahead, if spacedBLUEBONNETDDown 14: Days in which we have dances where people are exploitedSWEATSHOPSDDown 16: Plate they designed for wireless communicationTELEPATHYDDown 21: Worker visiting Cornwall?EMMETDDown 22: Skin trouble said to be found in LondonACNEDDown 23: Dress to boast aboutGARB