The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 14th October 2013 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 14th October 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tyrannise work forceOPPRESSAAcross 5: Mature pine lasting many yearsAGELONGAAcross 10: Employed you and me — and another chapUSEDAAcross 11: Much improved, so enjoying greater popularityMORELIKEITAAcross 12: Failure in providing returns as a companyFIASCOAAcross 13: She hurried round to a furniture designerSHERATONAAcross 14: We shall shortly be having gin cocktail — here's health!WELL-BEINGAAcross 14: We shall shortly be having gin cocktail — here's health!WELLBEINGAAcross 16: Absolute quiet always requiredSHEERAAcross 17: They're not striking examples of comradeshipSCABSAAcross 19: Mid-off's just terribleFRIGHTFULAAcross 23: Main swell to begin movingSTART-OFFAAcross 24: People living around pubsLOCALSAAcross 26: Not mad about silver? It's very much in fashionALLTHERAGEAAcross 27: Go on green?PUTTAAcross 28: I'd eat no differently, though trying to lose weightONADIETAAcross 29: Chief required in some lawless stateANARCHYDDown 2: Leisure activity in father's dayPASTIMEDDown 3: Is taken aback by a fair's attractionsRIDESDDown 4: Unspecified bigwigSOMEONEDDown 6: Path of the swallow?GULLETDDown 7: Want to try? Only too willing!LIKE A SHOTDDown 8: Offensive Moonies dispersedNOISOMEDDown 9: Man caught fightingPRISONER OF WARDDown 15: Wild bear I'd let freeLIBERATEDDDown 18: Tom joins chap of Spanish originCATALANDDown 20: Bitterness associated with age-old craftGALLEONDDown 21: Open at lunch breakUNLATCHDDown 22: To be consistent, he must be in the middleCOHEREDDown 25: It may be cut and pickledCAPER