The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 13th October 2017 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 13th October 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Agent responsible for rising? Yes, aged Conservative manning postYEAST CAKEAAcross 10: Yarn woven when Times cut political sentenceEXILEAAcross 11: Cybermoney one rejected — not a word!ECASHAAcross 12: 89th-minute equaliser from one side?LATERALLYAAcross 13: See 23RAILWAYAAcross 14: It's taken both ways from European state, leaving gapVACANCYAAcross 17: He's conducted tuttiHALLEAAcross 19: Pass left after businessCOLAAcross 20: Recollected overtures from concert in total harmonyMUSICAAcross 21: Partners holding hands, sadly led in by 5BEWDLEYAAcross 22: Stuffy with cold casesFROWSTYAAcross 24: Angry with sorcerers pinching last of the sauceWORCESTERAAcross 26: Prepare to burn evidence of life at vicarage?REV UPAAcross 28: See 24SHIREAAcross 29: One dismissing those more likely to retire, put into care of sortsCASHIERERDDown 1: Why old man's left street, nurturing yen for woodlandWYREDDown 2: Where animals roam remotely? One's caught in a flashSAFARIDDown 3: Driving amateur on wagon cut part of footATTHEWHEELDDown 4: See 23VALLEYDDown 5: See 6FESTIVALDDown 6: Fiver bet: ales will get drunk hereBEERDDown 7: See 24MIDLANDSDDown 8: Fresh running water in Wales variable: something done to bottle itDEWYDDown 13: Upset he's in the pub — rather than here?REHABDDown 15: No rara avis means to inject fluid!COMMONRAILDDown 16: Allegedly too wise to keep Charlie here — disgusting!YUCKYDDown 18: Feature someone in debt (between 50 and 51p)LOWERLIPDDown 19: My World of Mimicry, Pt 1(c) — ShedCRYPTICSDDown 22: See 1FORESTDDown 23: Meandering line originally via Wales? Very nearlySEVERNDDown 24: Rig was dismantled when leaving a regionWESTDDown 25: See 8EYEDDDown 27: See 2PARK