The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 29th October 2018 There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 29th October 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fail in court recessCLOSETAAcross 5: To sleep, say, on bed, one may lie on one's backKNAPSACKAAcross 9: Friendly hintINTIMATEAAcross 10: Protecting goalie's jobSAVINGAAcross 11: Only interact corruptly? No wayCERTAINLYNOTAAcross 13: Traffic lights always red? Not possibleNO-GOAAcross 14: Previously, but never again?LASTTIMEAAcross 17: Invoice of a sort for working poor farmPRO FORMAAAcross 17: Invoice of a sort for working poor farmPROFORMAAAcross 18: Announce I own a place for spiritual retreatsIONAAAcross 20: A British division raised by the RomansHADRIAN'S WALLAAcross 23: Wife, the most beautiful girl in America?MISSUSAAcross 24: A lordly brew?EARLGREYAAcross 25: Fashionable people get new mattressSMART SETAAcross 26: Trendy humorist has successWITH-ITDDown 2: Using a little plunger, take a breatherLUNGDDown 3: Lose concentration, so stop watching TVSWITCH OFFDDown 4: Each in sequence for drink dispenserTEA URNDDown 5: Not concede one has to store spare bed linenKEEPACLEANSHEETDDown 6: Does one deserve a lighter sentence?ARSONISTDDown 7: Knowing, for example, about two volumesSAVVYDDown 8: Party getting together, not rebellingCONFORMINGDDown 12: Reporting for workJOURNALISMDDown 15: A misfortune in constricted part of carTAILLIGHTDDown 16: Part of the Union in a right stateARKANSASDDown 19: Strict, requiring name on pointerNARROWDDown 21: Pipe upRISERDDown 22: Some advise minister in the HouseSEMI