The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 3rd October 2014 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 3rd October 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Gas from wicked, heartless Tory, poor in speechACETYLENEAAcross 10: What you need to do here is 2 28, 4 24 across, 14 27, 23 12 and 20 1SOLVEAAcross 11: Poem mostly about a girlLYDIAAAcross 12: See 23OFGRAVITYAAcross 13: Made tender love very loudly, flushed after ecstasyOFFEREDAAcross 14: Duck eggs returned in sack, about to be served?FIRSTINAAcross 17: Soldiers here showing characterTHETAAAcross 19: Bit of scale from tailless fishSOLAAcross 20: God of war has time to don armour in bit of cloudMARESAAcross 21: Redknapp, involved in scam, makes fussCARRY-ONAAcross 21: Redknapp, involved in scam, makes fussCARRYONAAcross 22: Screw going round prison in fearPANICKYAAcross 24: See 4INCOMMANDAAcross 26: Mandarin is thus found in Washington? AlmostTONALAAcross 28: See 2STATEAAcross 29: Instructions to batsman, causing some sort of accidentHIT-AND-RUNDDown 1: See 20TAILDDown 2: Maybe Hollande's foe had to reform, sayHEADOFDDown 3: Musical boy tucking into extremely mouldy brownieMYFAIRLADYDDown 4: Support wages getting cut? Damn terrible viceSECONDDDown 5: Destroying Gulf, even seeking to do harmVENGEFULDDown 6: Many countries like raising capitalASIADDown 7: Lane found in court by queen's secluded areaCLOISTERDDown 8: What Molly Bloom said about snatching kiss is eroticSEXYDDown 13: Concerned with seeing old photo, taking timeOPTICDDown 15: Seaman admits hesitation in philosophical activityRUMINATINGDDown 16: English child brought up close to Dorothy Parker may be soNOSEYDDown 18: Travelling troupe with car leaving piano player in BrusselsEUROCRATDDown 19: Get brown paper bag with no good articleSUNBATHEDDown 22: Games on a particular day could be footyPEDATEDDown 23: Criminal forgery in VAT etc? Force must act here!CENTREDDown 24: November 1st's around this monthINSTDDown 25: William gave Kate rank, ultimately they will inherit!MEEKDDown 27: See 14LINE