The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st November 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st November 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Supple mountaineer ignoring cold at firstLIMBERAAcross 4: Police in rigged state trial that's crucialACID TESTAAcross 9: Self-serving forfeit?FOREGOAAcross 10: Studio broadcast about backing long shotOUTSIDERAAcross 11: Ethics I worried about in book about childhoodCIDERWITHROSIEAAcross 13: Original sound with early vocal musicROUNDELAYSAAcross 14: Young Simpson has change of heart — horrid kid!BRATAAcross 16: Notice either side of estate agentESPYAAcross 18: Lawgiver is left in flowing riverLEGISLATORAAcross 21: Grr! Damn sheep he rounded up?GERMAN SHEPHERDAAcross 23: Breeding stock? Wilder game?GENEPOOLAAcross 24: Country man with an acreGUYANAAAcross 25: Plants from central Asia in storesDEPOSITSAAcross 26: Niche for Time Out?RECESSDDown 1: Storage area full of tuna sandwichesLOFTDDown 2: Framing paintings, say, without short composerMARTINUDDown 3: Boffins say good boss succeededEGGHEADSDDown 5: "Here is a noble railway" — sentence from a glossy magazineCOUNTRYLIFEDDown 6: Win over military leader after shocking raidsDISARMDDown 7: Ultimate recipient of object? American leading ladyEND USERDDown 8: Troll chaps found in Twin PeaksTORMENTORDDown 12: Writer close to Glasgow converts semi-detached cottagesWALTER SCOTTDDown 13: No opening for fruit? Large number taken backREENGAGEDDDown 15: He turned up to stop a bounder in the pubALEHOUSEDDown 17: Root for base rate cutPARSNIPDDown 19: Houses joined in competition after they're oddly selectedTERRACEDDown 20: "The Place of Education" — bit of propaganda penned by French authorCAMPUSDDown 22: To succeed in exam, don't answer questionPASS