The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 6th October 2014 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 6th October 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Armadillo, for example, has plate all roundANIMALAAcross 4: Hesitated to have father taken advantage ofPAUSEDAAcross 9: In truth, she goes to the cityVERAAAcross 10: The acquisition of a favourable reputationACCEPTANCEAAcross 11: Not the first timeSECONDAAcross 12: One who talks one round to composing some musicORATORIOAAcross 13: Space explorer's study?ASTRONOMYAAcross 15: Dole out food, say?METEAAcross 16: Small child to go out of controlSKIDAAcross 17: Yet it might be the product of an active imaginationIDLEFANCYAAcross 21: Blue-pencil our costs — being out of orderCROSS OUTAAcross 22: First of plants underdeveloped, cut backPRUNEDAAcross 24: Turkish baths, which flout union regulations?SWEATSHOPSAAcross 25: Shut up firm having little workCO-OPAAcross 25: Shut up firm having little workCOOPAAcross 26: Journalist taken aback by news of the countrySWEDENAAcross 27: Notice gap coming in the church calendarADVENTDDown 1: Eternal theme of the beautician?AGELESSDDown 2: State aid distributed by the Home OfficeIDAHODDown 3: Leave a musical group — no making a comebackABANDONDDown 5: Beg for a retrial?APPEALDDown 6: Flattery works with EastEnders, saySOAP OPERADDown 7: Refuse to go through all the casesDECLINEDDown 8: Housing allowanceACCOMMODATIONDDown 14: Restore control, sayREINSTATEDDown 16: Lax hands act sycophantically on boardSCRAWLSDDown 18: Photographed out of doors?EXPOSEDDDown 19: Smoked by the great man in bedCHEROOTDDown 20: Figurehead at unusually close quarters to the crewFO'C'SLEDDown 23: Relation who takes the pledgeUNCLE