The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 10th October 2018 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 10th October 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Pilot who dreams where some pigeons are heading?HOMEWARDSAAcross 6: See 24GAMEAAcross 8: Dispatch a group of ordinary people across Costa RicaALACRITYAAcross 9: Traveller makes tracks round Arab stateROMANYAAcross 10: Jack hopes to work for old carpenterJOSEPHAAcross 11: Washington's sidekick nearly fools poetHAMILTONAAcross 12: Backing group snaffled your drink once!TETHYSAAcross 15: Odds on 26 papers like the GlobeSPHEROIDAAcross 16: Small old coin cracks desirable mirrorSPECULUMAAcross 19: Wife killed nursing king's evilWICKEDAAcross 21: Lapp cut stats about unknown secret publishingSAMIZDATAAcross 22: Soprano cast agree about is fatGREASEAAcross 24: Every year top performance pulls in crowd for musicalPAJAMAAAcross 25: Song about working is set on a pedestalLIONISEDAAcross 26: Star in Fiddler on the RoofHEROAAcross 27: Sailor shrouded in faint glow at nightSTARLIGHTDDown 1: I'm surprised leading couple quit playHELLODDown 2: US subject accepts Queen's Award for DramaMACBETHDDown 3: Lift rug running round European hotelWEIGHDDown 4: Poems lack energy describing mother’s heart beatsRHYTHMSDDown 5: Playwright collecting villain's carvingSCRIMSHAWDDown 6: German thriller writer's betterGAMBLERDDown 7: Crew perform on string instrumentMANDOLINEDDown 13: Where to take in salty air and a sleep, possiblyESPLANADEDDown 14: Talks about a son and daughter's early yearsSALAD DAYSDDown 17: Marx brother tours a grand cityCHICAGODDown 18: Girl landed up in control of parentsMATILDADDown 20: Revolutionary faction like some tobaccoCHEWINGDDown 22: Develop primarily loud threatening soundGROWLDDown 23: Rising river swamps women's courseSWEET