The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 18th October 2013 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 18th October 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: 3 of Pilgrims Progress, opportunist whose heart flipped?CHAUCERAAcross 5: A nice girl, not Irish, could be pure and innocentANGELICAAcross 9: Get a bit of a sore back tossing it?CABERAAcross 10: Narcotic plant in province NATO and CIA bombedNICOTIANAAAcross 11: In revolt, Gulf nation's switching to our 20sROMANISINGAAcross 12: Maybe not 25's choice when it's knocked backASTIAAcross 14: Shabby person wearing trousers in matchesCORRESPONDSAAcross 18: See 7DANGEREUSESAAcross 21: After unrest, Egypt's ejected government, for exampleTYPEAAcross 22: Like a couple of missionaries' view of a church?FACE-TO-FACEAAcross 25: I hope one's educated to drink litresOENOPHILEAAcross 26: Fifth columnist in bloody battle not taking sidesAGENTAAcross 27: Ted's sick eating fish — there's a number to get throughSTDCODEAAcross 28: Info about axes reported originally in the SunDAYSTARDDown 1: Measure of 21's violent ongoing coercionCICERODDown 2: Collector books nearly every seat?ALBUMSDDown 3: Ferryman lost a relic, rowing former journalistCHRONICLERDDown 4: Tours streets gathering new 20sRUNESDDown 5: 20 parts, 2 held by climbers, 1 by mountaineersASCENDERSDDown 6: Old German understood HungaryGOTHDDown 7: 51 first-rate lads corrupt grandee employs in 13 novelLIAISONSDDown 8: Subject of 13 novel 21A describing Rhode IslandCLARISSADDown 13: 45 royalist nuts devoted to 20sEPISTOLARYDDown 15: Double-check paper Louis' wife passed roundRE-EXAMINEDDown 15: Double-check paper Louis' wife passed roundREEXAMINEDDown 16: Labour leader is not bothered about current issuesEDITIONSDDown 17: A French-English dictionary includes "enclose" for "shut"UNOPENEDDDown 19: Warning: "Vacate complex!"CAVEATDDown 20: An accommodating character?LETTERDDown 23: Polish close borders, more or lessEMENDDDown 24: "Pees ’n ’ose", said mateOPPO