The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 22nd October 2018 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 22nd October 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Great scholar of arithmetic is retiringERASMUSAAcross 5: Nietzsche reticently welcoming dissidentHERETICAAcross 9: Stigmas and timeless indignity attached to homelessness, ultimatelySAFFRONAAcross 10: Slightly wet, Maureen is figure on the leftMOISTENAAcross 11: It's only just light and RAF is on manoeuvresFAIRSFAIRAAcross 12: Defender of England, not Europe? Get stuffed!GORGEAAcross 13: Superior pork pie and case of GrenacheLIEGEAAcross 15: Rubens did work for freeDISBURDENAAcross 17: Eric heartily cross after relative loses last big raceGRAND PRIXAAcross 19: Member of crowd texts Mrs May after banks failEXTRAAAcross 22: Gather together in the morning, when heading to schoolAMASSAAcross 23: Good people conserving energy, following cruel benefits assessmentMEANS TESTAAcross 25: Earnest and oddly sweary notes from short peopleSERIOUSAAcross 26: Moderates finally dragged Italy back towards the centreINWARDSAAcross 27: South American dictionary describing unknown dogSAMOYEDAAcross 28: Arachne interrupts randy, riotous railway workersYARDMENDDown 1: Articulate letters from unfaithful lover initially bringing comfortEASEFULDDown 2: Nothing stops ardent romanceAFFAIREDDown 3: Ways of life further southMORESDDown 4: Bernie shortly hosting function in Atlantic CitySANTANDERDDown 5: Epic poet, big hit in AmericaHOMERDDown 6: Arguing violently about a drug, drops measuring equipmentRAIN GAUGEDDown 7: Educated workers with books about leftistTUTOREDDDown 8: Censure Conservative Party over end of compassionCONDEMNDDown 14: Internal examination of huge parrot after deathENDOSCOPYDDown 16: Wrongly say I exult in carnal desiresSEXUALITYDDown 17: Gutless gangster mugs shoppersGRASSESDDown 18: Half of banana spread over corset of escort, perhapsANAGRAMDDown 20: Proposition from Mike after love-filled word of comfortTHEOREMDDown 21: Crafty type taking money from supporterARTISANDDown 23: Considered emus edible, in partMUSEDDDown 24: Farmhand and pig on edges of ExmoorSOWER