The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 15th October 2015 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 15th October 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Went for private piece by author that is not printedJOINEDUPWRITINGAAcross 9: Replaced gold vessel filled with English fruitROSE HIPAAcross 9: Replaced gold vessel filled with English fruitROSEHIPAAcross 10: Devilish traditions appealIMPLOREAAcross 11: Very large noteSOLAAcross 12: Goalie turns out to make the rulesREGULATIONSAAcross 13: An available sum in foreign money no use here?LANCASHIREAAcross 15: Join the main massSEAMAAcross 18: Story young girl lispedMYTHAAcross 20: Divorced, eh? Good news for one in for the long termFREE PARDONAAcross 23: Elegantly decadent discovery: unnamed licensee has been sackedFIN-DE-SIECLEAAcross 25: Charge less than the whole meal allowanceFEEAAcross 26: Ancient European expelled from a Victorian cityAGELONGAAcross 27: A daughter in French port finally off? Not so fast!ANDANTEAAcross 28: Farm animals doing less well — a blow in expensive areaSTOCKBROKER BELTDDown 1: City judge putting line through revoked lawJERUSALEMDDown 2: Sugar controller's rude remark cut short: it starts againINSULINDDown 3: Airy, last to believe what actually exists?ETHEREALDDown 4: Release record, Savanna Herd Rounded UpUNPEGDDown 5: Trail grew doubtful, however magnifiedWRIT LARGEDDown 6: Charge one: being unable to speak, keeping quietIMPUTEDDown 7: Imogen's confession of alcoholism, in one of several formsISOTOPEDDown 8: Argues strenuously, displaying poor judgmentGUESSDDown 14: Not unknown for prince to hold drinking bout — a sign of the future?HARBINGERDDown 16: One way to get team something in a pieMINCEMEATDDown 17: Pike played by him — a victory, when reeled into the bankLAVENDERDDown 19: Cross with bell regularly interrupting danceTANGELODDown 21: Ministry to abolish border posts?DEFENCEDDown 22: Be about to visit castle, having to change ticketsREBOOKDDown 23: Saying a few words, starts to come apartFRAYSDDown 24: Decipher jokeCRACK