The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 11th October 2013 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 11th October 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Thin line crossed by source of informationSLENDERAAcross 8: Put new gloss on a Pinter play?REPAINTAAcross 9: Beg leader to abandon witch-huntURGEAAcross 10: Repairer of faulty listening equipmentOTOLOGISTAAcross 12: Date for one dictator's fallDRUPEAAcross 13: Just about to consider interning liberals by nameWELL-NIGHAAcross 15: GCHQ sees semi-redacted evidence of intelligenceGCSEAAcross 16: PRISM, for example, is old schemeSOLIDAAcross 17: Keep at a distance, listening in on bugFLEEAAcross 18: Commander in NSA outfit taking time off in Asian cityNAGASAKIAAcross 20: American nonsense about Manning regularly exposed in union declarationBANNSAAcross 21: They rank with Troy in ruined greatnessSERGEANTSAAcross 22: Ban centre-left at great costDEARAAcross 24: During holiday you head off westward, away from normal environmentIN VACUOAAcross 25: Seasonal barman in Italy wearing very, very cheap chainVIVALDIDDown 1: Smear former Labour leader in Liverpool?BLURDDown 2: Exposed implication of nice ruseINSECUREDDown 3: Sinister financier getting hold of electronic information in cellGENOMEDDown 4: Wrongly use double ef in "defiled"BEFOULEDDDown 5: Helping informer, one is chargedRATIONDDown 6: Badgering military alliance to upgrade baseONATDDown 11: Completely surrounded by on-air broadcast, Nineteen Eighty-Four-styleORWELLIANDDown 12: Had a chance to claim temporary residence in RussiaDACHADDown 14: Finally witnessing US vice leads to Edward Snowden making judgementGUESSDDown 16: Kate's put under surveillanceSTAKEOUTDDown 17: Join Guardian, if rebelliousFINEDRAWDDown 19: US taxmen going over account after a bit of a breatherAIR SACDDown 20: He's in charge of rigging sterling over in Balkan regionBOSNIADDown 21: Starts to suspect Ingsoc Newspeak has hyperbolic functionSINHDDown 23: Helps head of Airstrip One kick stuffing out of dissidentsAIDS