The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 16th October 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 16th October 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Workers — a hundred — come out to set the ball rollingCOMMENCEAAcross 5: Quick form of pop artABRUPTAAcross 9: Renovated local tea placeALLOCATEAAcross 10: Idly read and eatBROWSEAAcross 12: Where a saint could be standing still?NICHEAAcross 13: British preparatory school for general education?SANDHURSTAAcross 14: Responsibility for safety of daily transportGUARDIANSHIPAAcross 18: From pathology, Ron turns to the study of manANTHROPOLOGYAAcross 21: My amusing upset in the sports centreGYMNASIUMAAcross 23: Fancy Luxembourg as Utopia?IDEALAAcross 24: Time when all assets were frozenICE AGEAAcross 25: It's somehow expected and excludedEXCEPTEDAAcross 26: A wine to be wrong to be diffident aboutSHERRYAAcross 27: It was reconstituted before, like it used to beAS IT WEREDDown 1: China's new restrictive measuresCHAINSDDown 2: Ill-will of many to a girlMALICEDDown 3: Rex is upset about money order in accounts departmentEXCHEQUERDDown 4: Dreadful pastor I catch outCATASTROPHICDDown 6: Growing form of punishmentBIRCHDDown 7: A foreign dignitary lacking creditUNWORTHYDDown 8: Peter's scrambled round to the highest branchesTREETOPSDDown 11: Not the impressive results one was led to to expectANTICLIMAXESDDown 15: Has a fresh egg in Lent, regardlessNEGLIGENTDDown 16: The publican's profits are cheap at the priceBARGAINSDDown 17: Flight impressed about a quarterSTAMPEDEDDown 19: One insect let out anotherBEETLEDDown 20: Take it, if you hope to stay dryPLEDGEDDown 22: Pole in wrong gear shows annoyanceANGER