The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 10th October 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 10th October 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Swift horse you resolved to enter in very hard inaugural National Hunt November meetingHOUYHNHNMAAcross 10: Friend finishing up a complete foolCHUMPAAcross 11: Adversary in military manoeuvre has a tricky problemOPPOSERAAcross 12: Nectarine not an unusual tempterENTICERAAcross 13: Detailed perfect schemeIDEAAAcross 14: Recent maps show this landscape featureESCARPMENTAAcross 15: Internal airline reportedly to keep in touch with receiverTRACHEAAAcross 17: Sale with a changed drawing powerSUCTIONAAcross 19: Ring for this appointment?ENGAGEMENTAAcross 22: Bird found mostly in the same placeIBISAAcross 23: Reformed paper not the middle state school oneORIGAMIAAcross 24: Harangues one involved in dealsTIRADESAAcross 26: Counts as a run outsideEXTRAAAcross 27: South African golfer's clothing reportedly lacking presenceELSEWHEREDDown 1: Concede when worth toilet trainingTHROW IN THE TOWELDDown 2: Author not available to support small firm over summonsSUBPOENADDown 3: It is so evident in one famously very oldTHUSDDown 4: Lure fish to island on the fringes of MalaysiaCHARISMADDown 5: Organism takes a short time first emerging by artificeAMOEBADDown 6: Scoot off with photograph of vision in darknessSCOTOPICDDown 7: Strength required for first managing cryptic cluesMUSCLEDDown 8: Computer essential for hospital activity to get statutory covering supportOPERATING SYSTEMDDown 16: Pig farmer gets extremely angry at the end of the yearHOGMANAYDDown 17: Sterilise hospital shortly before it is stripped cleanSANITISEDDown 18: Firmly fixed that setter is to be tucked up for the nightIMBEDDEDDDown 20: A verdict on mulligatawny soup, given without lawman being presentGUILTYDDown 21: Poster writerMAILERDDown 25: Argues over part of the make-up of crosswordsROWS