The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th October 2014 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th October 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Place for meeting? Get on with opportunityBOARDROOMAAcross 6: Member worried partnerMATEAAcross 8: This paper's ignoring another? Front of Times showing full faceGUARDANTAAcross 9: Stopped spouting rubbish, primarily, with year in retirementRANDRYAAcross 10: IT system in hospital dividing opinionTHENETAAcross 11: See 22 downELEPHANTAAcross 12: Got up to speed: final letter about low returnsZOOMEDAAcross 15: Throw in "on close of play" as filling — it's bedlamLOONY BINAAcross 16: It's reflected within uses for paySTIPENDSAAcross 19: See 17SECTORAAcross 21: Doctor inhales lit piece (heroin and crack)DECIPHERAAcross 22: Hit in the morning — money coming into question?WHAMMYAAcross 24: State "going forward", on the contrary, poster having a short openingNEVADAAAcross 25: "Steer" to enter these businesses? One points to ambitionDRIVEINSAAcross 26: One cuts confusion, having switched first halfADZEAAcross 27: Rolling Stones out, individually sustained in musicSOSTENUTODDown 1: Touch base at start (career meeting)BRUSHDDown 2: Account right? Gross "on my radar", sayACRONYMDDown 3: Plan which might be taken on board, we hearDRAFTDDown 4: Contract beginning — beginners perform better in businessOUTSELLDDown 5: Lethal drink knocked back roused drunkMURDEROUSDDown 6: Regularly in day they replace English with bull, ultimatelyMONTHLYDDown 7: Director managed to cut rubbish ("in loop")TARANTINODDown 13: Working with those people? Stop improvingONTHEMENDDDown 14: No good stopping awful “heads up” for business gatheringsDUNGHEAPSDDown 17: Place for business? Proactive to work with restPRIVATEDDown 18: Hears director invested after section walksSTRIDESDDown 20: Possible place for grapevine gossip? Nice waterCHATEAUDDown 22: “Reinventing the wheel” inapt: it’s not neededWHITEDDown 23: Staff love to take last of low-hanging fruitMANGO