The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th October 2018 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th October 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Broadcast mocking animal eating grain as fodderRYE GRASSAAcross 1: Broadcast mocking animal eating grain as fodderRYEGRASSAAcross 6: Fatty substances put Tory leader on edgeLIPIDSAAcross 9: Man going on board with female, in steady relationship at firstSURFERAAcross 10: Girl returned to look quickly through yearly publicationsALMANACSAAcross 11: Standard way of saying RAM must remain constant?THEREWILLAAcross 13: Badger runs through mown grassHARRYAAcross 15: Sting involving gin and rum drunk around Geordieland?GORDONAAcross 17: A rook nested in smaller species' overcrowded areaWARRENAAcross 18: Car that only young owners treasure always startsTOYOTAAAcross 19: Southern river with very good crustaceansSCAMPIAAcross 21: See 11NEVERAAcross 22: See 11BEANOTHERAAcross 25: Adult errs when drunk? Butts in here, perhapsASHTRAYSAAcross 26: See 15SUMNERAAcross 28: Article with piece about female trainspotterANORAKAAcross 29: Piece of cake turned up? Keep mum on!PUSHOVERDDown 2: See 11YOUDDown 3: Some running of errands for dogsbodyGOFERDDown 4: Topless thin torso, sporting white bloomersARROWROOTSDDown 5: Rogue with second name unknownSCALLYDDown 6: See 27LAMBDDown 7: One writing piece about male starPENTAGRAMDDown 8: Impractically theoretical medic taking round out to home by riverDOCTRINAIREDDown 12: Crime committed against state senator?HIGH TREASONDDown 14: Those wrongly taking clarinet solos, discontentedly playingLARCENISTSDDown 16: Poet from Maidenhead almost set off in posh carRHYMESTERDDown 20: Notes drink causing muddled confusionMESS-UPDDown 23: Essential for galop, metronome's rising speedTEMPODDown 24: Computer keyboard's lead is waterproofMACKDDown 27: Blame shifted, after royal subject knocked over dearest possessionEWE