The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 15th October 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 15th October 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: In play Viola's stopped by a knight in the countrySLOVAKIAAAcross 5: Cattle food from trough changing handsMANGELAAcross 9: Father takes turn with little inclinationAPPETITEAAcross 10: Hollywood star, one of 12 drinking G&TBOGARTAAcross 12: Fastens covers over farm animalsBOARSAAcross 13: One circle converted to squareRECONCILEAAcross 14: Characteristic step heard after troops' second entry into the TowerTRAITORSGATEAAcross 18: 10 asked for it in due courseASTIMEGOESBYAAcross 21: Summary of artist's stage exit is not recordedOFFCAMERAAAcross 23: Little woman in song knocked back wineRIOJAAAcross 24: Urgency ranking, say, overturned after short hearingTRIAGEAAcross 25: Snake's come a cropper, an unexpected bonusWINDFALLAAcross 26: Player of course could find it tricky to follow onDOGLEGAAcross 27: Definitely trendy equipment for use in bedIN SPADESDDown 1: Cast getting hold of adult books in poor conditionSHABBYDDown 2: Solitary individual old pub's managed withoutORPHANDDown 3: I'm nature's fluid remedy for diseaseANTISERUMDDown 4: Confused in calling the French "Dutch"INTERMINGLEDDDown 6: Unpalatable fruit or a cereal?ACORNDDown 7: Dignity — informer briefly clutches Bible with itGRAVITASDDown 8: Production of Cats, say, editor covered haphazardlyLITTEREDDDown 11: Go into care managed by an oldieOCTOGENARIANDDown 15: Nasty smells on the rise until most of mug dried outSOBEREDUPDDown 16: Frisked about and drove cat wildCAVORTEDDDown 17: What choirs do about sound of violent shoving?STUFFINGDDown 19: Officer giving orders to tie up chickenCOWARDDDown 20: US city depressed everyone coming in from the southDALLASDDown 22: Wife leaves deviously to get fishANGLE