The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 4th October 2017 There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 4th October 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Regulators behind bars providing scientific studyOPTICSAAcross 5: Mother's daughter flees religious slaughterMASSACREAAcross 9: Crystalline mineral cast down toiletBLUEJOHNAAcross 10: Where peacekeepers send their reserves, based on dodgy evidence?UNSAFEAAcross 11: Last of dogs with docked tailSCUTAAcross 12: Riveting work that could make servant spitPAGE TURNERAAcross 13: Old church keeps back wine aplenty for duration of festivalOCTAVEAAcross 14: Drink consumed by Arabs, in theoryABSINTHEAAcross 16: Footwear all kids initially held in derisionSNEAKERSAAcross 19: Arrange completely powerless travel documentASSORTAAcross 21: Spoilt deck shuffled and put in storeSTOCKPILEDAAcross 23: Book? English author gets nothing for oneAMOSAAcross 24: Unexpected point concluding a second-rate gameABRUPTAAcross 25: Being right to worry, with smoke closing inCREATUREAAcross 26: Christian playing partners no golfer's backingWESLEYANAAcross 27: Ice in fixed form circling globeSORBETDDown 2: Officer in charge of feeding European prisoners on boardPOLICE CONSTABLEDDown 3: Nudged, I retain disinclination to moveINERTIADDown 4: Exhibit involving cow and sheep, Hirst's secondSHOWPIECEDDown 5: Staff car JR scratched in American capitalMANAGUADDown 6: President's taken over, throwing master off jetSPURTDDown 7: No winner's too stretchedALSO-RANDDown 8: New student in resort finds means of getting up to dateREFRESHER COURSEDDown 15: Sports venue broadcasting darts news …STANDREWSDDown 17: … report of a barbarous gatheringACCRUALDDown 18: £1 among loose coins used for chips?SILICONDDown 20: Dish to get the runners moving?STARTERDDown 22: Junior's favourite toy's lost its stuffingPETTY