The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th October 2013 There are 16 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th October 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: It's OK for youngsters, but not for when we're getting onBADINAGEAAcross 9: Sauce not right with a prophetELISHAAAcross 10: You can bet here's a misdemeanour in companyCASINOAAcross 12: Man of rank struggled with endless greatnessSERGEANTAAcross 13: Bath chaps reflect some local featureSPAAAcross 14: In time, bad type could do with correctionERRATAAAcross 16: Prince shortly named over regarding curved surfacesGEODETICAAcross 17: Wherein I might have been patriotic, but you end ferociousBRUTISHAAcross 20: Weather in 17 before it changed going to eastern countryUKRAINEAAcross 23: Difficulty of getting label for minced horse?SHORTAGEAAcross 24: 12 with lonely hearts?PEPPERAAcross 26: Epidemic brought back from the GulfFLUAAcross 27: Average pest said to produce irrational fearPARANOIAAAcross 28: Strong ham, as 79 of 12,087FACTORAAcross 31: Private words, as over a partyASIDESAAcross 32: Dial can be coolLAID-BACKDDown 1: State doubly likely in the elderly?GAGADDown 2: Tragic heroine in opera, mostly parodyMIMIDDown 3: Snack for prophet in Salvation ArmySAMOSADDown 4: Seems artificial silver in cable, sayMESSAGEDDown 5: Annual time to arrestYEARBOOKDDown 6: Army officer gives assistance on point to make offAIDE-DE-CAMPDDown 7: Hang about with a Scot from AfricaGHANAIANDDown 11: "Gentleman" is uprightSIRDDown 14: Decline of Thatcherite released from birdEBBDDown 15: Pudding gobbled, drawback laterAFTERWARDSDDown 18: Practise 21 in rising Surrey townREHEARSEDDown 19: Ocean mount?SEA HORSEDDown 19: Ocean mount?SEAHORSEDDown 21: Attention is part of learningEARDDown 22: It occurs to a shadow minister to keep notesBEFALLSDDown 24: Bird's taken in by brash advertisementPUFFINDDown 25: Indulge in huffPETDDown 29: Copper live, solid and regularCUBEDDown 30: Island loses little time over whalesORCA