The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 14th October 2014 There are 18 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 14th October 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Composer's skill turns into knowledgeSTRAUSSAAcross 5: Refuse to deal with lad's company on TuesdaysBOYCOTTAAcross 10: T-rex evolved after dinosaurs' extinction — originally right?DEXTERAAcross 11: City dweller left on the day Nero fiddledLONDONERAAcross 12: Clay unearthed in HalifaxALIAAcross 13: Director admits dreadful lie to courtBAILEYAAcross 14: Two thirds of students order wine, it's reckonedNUMBEREDAAcross 15: Crank puts both hands around girlLEVERAAcross 16: Perhaps waxing second leg hurt heapsMOONPHASEAAcross 19: A governor bends cane at start of school suspensionsABEYANCESAAcross 21: Farm rejected portion not for consumptionCROFTAAcross 24: Spooner's somewhat quick marine creatureSTARFISHAAcross 26: Lit by current, Edison half designed bulbsONIONSAAcross 27: Early typeface lacks breadthOLDAAcross 28: Train to eat and eat, sayCHOO-CHOOAAcross 29: Feeds pets right awaySTOKESAAcross 30: In afterthought, no teacher backs places for detentionPRISONSAAcross 31: Batting, then caught! Cook seen to drive up the wallINCENSEDDown 2: Supporter, eg one retired after N YoungTEENAGEDDown 3: They're literally fired explosively off fieldARTILLERYDDown 4: Soprano begs for flower arrangementsSPRAYSDDown 6: Tenor surprised to receive war decorationORNAMENTDDown 7: Near the end, about to be defeatedCLOSEDDown 8: Hesitates to give direction to street partyTEETERSDDown 9: Go off and fish?SLINGONESHOOKDDown 17: Basil, say, one against hotel regularly taking recipe for salad eater?HERBIVOREDDown 18: One Direction not hip playing church musicANTIPHONDDown 20: Sonny was an angel, _____'s a killerBUTCHERDDown 22: Touches skirts, one hand moving lowerFINGERSDDown 23: American thug pinches Nintendo console for childGODSONDDown 25: Fundamental notes, like 4 and 8 of 64?ROOTS