The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th October 2017 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th October 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: During audition, amateur is most uninterestingTAMESTAAcross 4: Husband put in place, wandering in religious venueCHAPELAAcross 9: Coarseness makes stomachs turnSMUTAAcross 10: Island lacking a clergymanMINORCANONAAcross 11: Clergyman keeps setter humbleDEMEANAAcross 12: Inscrutable Tories assembled in the CityESOTERICAAcross 13: Priest's crime taking time in a clerical residencePARSONAGEAAcross 15: Goddess makes man existHEBEAAcross 16: Mammoth's initially grey in colourHUGEAAcross 17: Argue over remedy for an aching toothHAVEITOUTAAcross 21: Is it a rum cocktail that's sweet?TIRAMISUAAcross 22: Moans about time in places of interestSIGHTSAAcross 24: Virtuoso keeps old-fashioned duke on friendly termsACQUAINTEDAAcross 25: Dehydrated in the Kalahari DesertARIDAAcross 26: Most of the elite found in ancient EgyptTHEBESAAcross 27: Study the odds before broadcastSPREADDDown 1: Tone down a painter's mediumTEMPERADDown 2: Distance Tory leader goes into pondMETREDDown 3: Author of People In IsraelSIMENONDDown 5: Hospital appears on direction indicator in LondonHARROWDDown 6: Exercise about to strengthen soldiers' dispositionPLACEMENTDDown 7: A long time in the business of a beastly kingLEONINEDDown 8: Student's oddly guarded natureUNDERGRADUATEDDown 14: Endorsement for Sicilian leaders' good temperamentSIGNATUREDDown 16: Husband's manner stung? That's distressing?HAIRCUTDDown 18: Player paused awkwardly and slowed downEASEDUPDDown 19: Peacekeepers heard but not yet provenUNTRIEDDDown 20: Theologian to have main meal about sixDIVINEDDown 23: German party is subduedGRAVE