The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 10th October 2017 There are 14 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 10th October 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Money received in report by corrupt priest?INCUMBENTAAcross 8: Religious instruction accepted by distant monkFRIARAAcross 9: Boatman saved from abuse in holy order, shockinglyHEINOUSLYAAcross 10: Minister, right sort at heart, one who accepts the whip?PARTYAAcross 12: Corrupt priest often seen with CandySTRIPEAAcross 13: They follow the harvest, less abundant in source of comic operasGLEANERSAAcross 16: One doubts God is involved in robberyATHEISTAAcross 19: Revive cannibal's victim, as Spooner might ’ave saidANIMATEAAcross 22: Revealed by priest: I'm a tease of dubious valueESTIMATEAAcross 25: Reject primate — that's just for startersCANAPEAAcross 27: Broken-hearted nun at bottomUNDERAAcross 28: Free to neutralise leader fleeing in disgraceAT LEISUREAAcross 29: See 27NEATHAAcross 30: Neighbour to plough for us around mid-afternoon or after morning inURSA MINORDDown 1: Bug home to cover religious orderINSECTDDown 2: Have no effect on unions rising in case of emergencyCUTNOICEDDown 3: Slow boat unloaded in riverOBTUSEDDown 4: Clears leader of Unionville, NC to cut trees all over the southUNCLOGSDDown 5: Make a priest or old monk take one inORDAINDDown 6: Father John, perhaps an alternative ministerPASTORDDown 11: Cleric rejecting company of clericDEANDDown 14: Regularly in retreat? It's common nowERADDown 15: Take action against head of abbey as prior goes missingSUEDDown 16: Mature household, female only?AGEDDown 17: Nude photo takenHOTDDown 18: Cunning head of abbey concealed butcherSLAYDDown 20: Minister starting heretical actions in cloistersMONASTICDDown 21: Play sports here, on the right parson's placeRECTORYDDown 23: Reprobate changing second name to George (Boy George?)SINGERDDown 24: Call signs cause damage within DaeshIDENTSDDown 25: Wash up under care of one of same 14 or 16COEVALDDown 26: See 10PERSON