The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 26th October 2012 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 26th October 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Folk that stray — not we — could be on everybody's lipsTALK OF THE TOWNAAcross 10: Oration delivered in CanadaONTARIOAAcross 11: Drink for sergeant at northern French cityALENCONAAcross 12: Fine for old and young alikeDANDYAAcross 13: Hopeless part of 12 in 12: will telepathy find monarch in time?DESPERATEAAcross 14: Change of leader for ’orse?ALTERAAcross 16: Don't allow an article on island character in 12BANANAMANAAcross 18: Figure of speakers entering, not well oiledELLIPSOIDAAcross 19: Group and so on going into reverseOCTETAAcross 20: One making selfish use of would-be liberators imprisoned by one going out, perhapsEXPLOITERAAcross 23: 12 23 down's fruit to orderHIPPOAAcross 24: Lethargy does for love in a primateLANGUORAAcross 25: Garden feature backed by a record agentPERGOLAAAcross 26: Tokay, heated mistakenly, following pages? Don't go to work!TAKETHEDAYOFFDDown 2: Feeler misses a point thanks to student of pregnancyANTENATALDDown 3: 12's cat sees king beheading Russian novelistKORKYDDown 4: Too much liquid left in what one eats?FLOODDDown 5: Carrier holds aptly named football manager having strained his voice?HOARSENEDDDown 6: Nasty rotten hue, as far as that goesTHEREUNTODDown 7: Listener to twig the old religion?WICCADDown 8: From bottom of France to remote Surrey town's dues to 12FONDFAREWELLSDDown 9: Test for doctor at first on a lineINTERNATIONALDDown 15: Copy concerned with backing MussoliniREPRODUCEDDown 16: Two pound return on gold at church, used by 13 character as razorBLOWTORCHDDown 17: Mouth with no heart, evidence of camphor having been applied?MOTHPROOFDDown 21: God, lawyer and beast going by car?PANDADDown 22: Swift and quiet in attackRAPIDDDown 23: Vex 12 characterHARRY