The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd October 2015 There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd October 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Self-righteous cheat to arrest or a flipping rogue?PICAROONAAcross 9: Taking part in conga, be civilised about one embracing a rock group?ICE BAGAAcross 10: Slug that's no snail?BULLETAAcross 11: Origin of crop circle on field becoming transparentCLEARINGAAcross 12: Early rise in the East and set around WestDAWNAAcross 13: Master murderer back with friend in a mad wayMANIACALLYAAcross 15: Glandular infection's outbreak, one about to be caught by totADENOIDAAcross 16: "Anon" describing me, close to accurate?SOMEONEAAcross 18: Singer rated worst, two-starred, and rotter with wads to splash aroundRODSTEWARTAAcross 19: US state capitals of Indiana and Oregon wielding authorityIOWAAAcross 20: Practical housing we knocked over for all to see?VIEWABLEAAcross 22: Contents of boxes certainly flowersOXEYESAAcross 23: Mineral in a measure of liquid, unknownQUARTZAAcross 24: American behind bars, enclosure with little roomJOHN CAGEDDown 1: America going after monstrous Sunni dictator, bloody tragedyTITUSANDRONICUSDDown 2: Own up about everyone working and working on command, be responsible and quitFALLONONESSWORDDDown 3: Crucial point: "I have had a most rare vision", for example?BOTTOM LINEDDown 4: See 5ENSCENEDDown 5: Machiavellian in essence, setter is going about setting the stageMISEDDown 6: This generally inadmissible, therefore a case for attention: advise criminal to withhold testimony, ultimatelyHEARSAY EVIDENCEDDown 7: Relations dwell on vagrant implicating king in mass murderCARNAL KNOWLEDGEDDown 14: Mark raised concerns finally in biblical text, a preacher almost bottling it?APOSTROPHEDDown 17: Dog, wretched name James, scratching bottomBASENJIDDown 21: Moonwalker's activity in the colonies?BUZZ