The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th October 2018 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th October 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Signal for lager — the cocktail requires a drop of PilsnerTELEGRAPHAAcross 10: A pretty sharp accentACUTEAAcross 11: Respond to criminal racket, deporting 1,000REACTAAcross 12: Lara Croft initially backflips with weapons and sirensCARALARMSAAcross 13: Note: new heart put in hereTHEATREAAcross 14: 5 over 9 in, say, after 8?EVENINGAAcross 17: To surrender beat, The Jam finally retire undergroundMETROAAcross 19: Nice 1 follows Special 1SUNAAcross 20: Puzzling out some jargonLINGOAAcross 21: Bird's main citySWANSEAAAcross 22: Talk fastEXPRESSAAcross 24: Old Norse style originally discovered between 1100 and 1100ICELANDICAAcross 26: One studies figuresICONSAAcross 28: Greek work rejects independent, backing unknown cleanerDAILYAAcross 29: Celebrity ignores upper class creepREPTATIONDDown 1: Leading lady first to depart flightSTARDDown 2: To entertain, spin record without difficultyPLEASEDDown 3: Troubles at giant rave around 10 on SaturdayAGITATIONSDDown 4: Left in Paris? That's awkwardGAUCHEDDown 5: Number 10 welcomes new American employee hugging Tory leaderTHIRTEENDDown 6: He delivered lettersMAILDDown 7: Spanish football manager abandons old league — the end of Bayern's keeper?GUARDIANDDown 8: Do they examine old warhorses?VETSDDown 13: B to C minus 1 returns XTIMESDDown 15: I'll place it round or roundishELLIPTICALDDown 16: 19 across good to get up on 19 across and shineGLOSSDDown 18: Exchanges are down — isn't everything volatileTRADESINDDown 19: Fixed flagSTANDARDDDown 22: The key to a jailbreak?ESCAPEDDown 23: "Arrivederci" to xenophobe, holding up non-nativeEXOTICDDown 24: Front runner pulls out of wild motor raceINDYDDown 25: Organic group manufactured from clay …ACYLDDown 27: … without science, regularlySINE