The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 8th October 2013 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 8th October 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Rats! One's spurned for love, close to distraught stateVERMONTAAcross 5: Conservative certainly not about to be socially awareRIGHT ONAAcross 9: 24 down is found at the end of this puzzleSWORDAAcross 10: Ecstasy and speed? Swallowing flipping LSD, get weed outERADICATEAAcross 11: Desperate housewives go wild, so excited about fellow's clothingGOLFWIDOWSAAcross 12: Old lady's going to walkMALLAAcross 14: Improvement in how sappers are deployed?RE-FORMATIONAAcross 14: Improvement in how sappers are deployed?REFORMATIONAAcross 18: Pervert tries high definition porn, but not you or I!THIRD PERSONAAcross 21: Nerdy, dry, oddly repressed Christian ScientistEDDYAAcross 22: He gets rid of lots of gold, tossing in ore etcAUCTIONEERAAcross 25: Getting boundaries in early, English batsman's a revelationEYE OPENERAAcross 25: Getting boundaries in early, English batsman's a revelationEYEOPENERAAcross 26: US tennis player's return kicking right at firstEVERTAAcross 27: Take a punt on this lake, with yen to catch aquatic creatureLOTTERYAAcross 28: Understanding 10 x 3 only partiallyENTENTEDDown 1: Roman sex guru's a mugVISAGEDDown 2: Search for food, turning to large caviar sandwichesROOTLEDDown 3: Quaint style's back after odd Orwell novelOLDE WORLDEDDown 4: Movement that's in time runs to a climaxTRENDDDown 5: Back what the children's guardian must doREARWARDSDDown 6: Carriage door's soundGAITDDown 7: Time, an hour after midnight, to get music and liqueurTIAMARIADDown 8: Annoying lover of Heather may well!NEEDLINGDDown 13: Most uncommon to cover news in tropical regionRAIN FORESTDDown 13: Most uncommon to cover news in tropical regionRAINFORESTDDown 15: "The commonness of the fellow! Rule by the Prince of Wales's no good", the Queen admittedFREQUENCYDDown 16: Delayed returning to wrap present that's heavenlyETHEREALDDown 17: Stew for American frontiersmen?WILD WESTDDown 19: English runner always going in opposing directionsSEVERNDDown 20: Horse put in pen to struggleWRITHEDDown 23: Picked up wrong cakeTORTEDDown 24: Goalie stripped off and raised armEPEE