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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..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Rats! One's spurned for love, close to distraught state
AAcross 5: Conservative certainly not about to be socially aware
AAcross 9: 24 down is found at the end of this puzzle
AAcross 10: Ecstasy and speed? Swallowing flipping LSD, get weed out
AAcross 11: Desperate housewives go wild, so excited about fellow's clothingGOLFWIDOWS
AAcross 12: Old lady's going to walk
AAcross 14: Improvement in how sappers are deployed?
AAcross 14: Improvement in how sappers are deployed?
AAcross 18: Pervert tries high definit­ion porn, but not you or I!
AAcross 21: Nerdy, dry, oddly re­pressed Christian Scientist
AAcross 22: He gets rid of lots of gold, tossing in ore etc
AAcross 25: Getting boundaries in early, English batsman's a revelation
AAcross 25: Getting boundaries in early, English batsman's a revelation
AAcross 26: US tennis player's return kicking right at first
AAcross 27: Take a punt on this lake, with yen to catch aquatic creature
AAcross 28: Understanding 10 x 3 only partially
DDown 1: Roman sex guru's a mug
DDown 2: Search for food, turning to large caviar sandwiches
DDown 3: Quaint style's back after odd Orwell novel
DDown 4: Movement that's in time runs to a climax
DDown 5: Back what the children's guardian must do
DDown 6: Carriage door's sound
DDown 7: Time, an hour after midnight, to get music and liqueurTIAMARIA
DDown 8: Annoying lover of Heather may well!
DDown 13: Most uncommon to cover news in tropical region
DDown 13: Most uncommon to cover news in tropical region
DDown 15: "The commonness of the fellow! Rule by the Prince of Wales's no good", the Queen admitted
DDown 16: Delayed returning to wrap present that's heavenly
DDown 17: Stew for American front­iersmen?
DDown 19: English runner always going in opposing directions
DDown 20: Horse put in pen to struggle
DDown 23: Picked up wrong cake
DDown 24: Goalie stripped off and raised arm
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