The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 2nd October 2013 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 2nd October 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Remain faithful in divorceCLEAVEAAcross 4: Bandage man after slapSWATHEAAcross 9: Wonder if poem matters, half left outTEMPLE OF ARTEMISAAcross 10: Line written about that writerCRAYONAAcross 11: Resort to Hamlet, being typecast?HOTMETALAAcross 12: Second fast bowler, one rocket-propelled?SPACEMANAAcross 14: Bolted, as half-locked?DASHEDAAcross 15: Trim treeSPRUCEAAcross 18: Extreme inhumanity in beautyDEVILISHAAcross 21: Virgin son with a flat stomach?SPOTLESSAAcross 22: Person taking moneyNICKERAAcross 24: Break wind to woo lasses, then spread it about a bitSOW ONE'S WILD OATSAAcross 25: Reason utter fool's punchedSANITYAAcross 26: Man getting Roosevelt sacked, partially recoveredCASTLEDDown 1: Lift red, then lift whiteCHEER UPDDown 2: Skim lure over bottom of filthy drainEMPTYDDown 3: Country with spirit welcoming hotheadVIET NAMDDown 3: Country with spirit welcoming hotheadVIETNAMDDown 5: Beaten materialWORSTEDDDown 6: See 16THEWEASELDDown 7: Country has me flipping incensedEMIRATEDDown 8: Hound a strong country, endlesslyAFGHANDDown 13: Declining figures for game showCOUNT DOWNDDown 13: Declining figures for game showCOUNTDOWNDDown 16: Song for children in which parent attempts to cut through spiky plantPOPGOESDDown 17: Water, perhaps, that's in a kettleELEMENTDDown 18: Reject is gripped by melancholyDISOWNDDown 19: Nothing special to find love in a toilet, when head over heelsVANILLADDown 20: Woman holding magazine coverSHEATHEDDown 23: Pull or blowCLOUT