The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 7th October 2019 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 7th October 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: America's first couple on aircraft discarded materialJETSAMAAcross 4: Kind of desk disreputable female just needs time to shiftROLLTOPAAcross 9: Provided with assistance, having shaped up the doleHELPEDOUTAAcross 10: It parallels Number Ten — as its occupants do in today's solutionsWHITEAAcross 11: More confident as litigant, suppressing resistanceSURERAAcross 12: Like some music or, perhaps after initial cuts, like some poetryRHAPSODICAAcross 13: Write backing melody for final movement of suiteNEPTUNEAAcross 15: Clean house againHOOVERAAcross 17: Predecessor of 1 down on both sides of the pondWILSONAAcross 19: Like position of moderate, as shown in recent rallyCENTRALAAcross 22: Muscle 19 down turned to rightRETRACTORAAcross 24: Some propagandist not operating in good faith?PAGANAAcross 26: See 10HOUSEAAcross 27: Article Cameron edited, consuming one kind of coffeeAMERICANOAAcross 28: Phrase otherwise concerning Washington, for exampleRESTATEAAcross 29: Not conversant with name for a mathematician and physicistNEWTONDDown 1: Playwright, for audience, author of meaningful work?JOHNSONDDown 2: Thatcher's rival, so-called? Leading rebelTYLERDDown 3: GOP argues falsely they break people downAGEGROUPSDDown 4: After briefly not working, a head is in school againRETEACHDDown 5: First or last name, or character of Oxford writerLEWISDDown 6: Driver may change into this kind of party clothingTHIRD GEARDDown 7: Knight, say, capturing rook to make a breakthroughPIERCEDDown 8: Astronomer has star confused with this star, oddlyMONROEDDown 14: Sets about Republican involved with hard copiesPRINTOUTSDDown 16: Reds fan, perhaps, I help when distressed after 1-0 upsetOENOPHILEDDown 18: No Trump action about WMD material? He's crazyNUT CASEDDown 18: No Trump action about WMD material? He's crazyNUTCASEDDown 19: Driver of one vehicle or another over short periodCARTERDDown 20: Line in column on Northern or Eastern cityLINCOLNDDown 21: Top man in legendary dining circleARTHURDDown 23: Bring up a time and a place for spectacleARENADDown 25: Allow wild speech supporting head of governmentGRANT