The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 10th October 2019 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 10th October 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cave in reserve with sunfishSUBSIDEAAcross 5: Members of artistic movement more than once chucked into ditchesCUBISTSAAcross 9: Different nations meetingRACESAAcross 10: Live by river? Look for duckBERGANDERAAcross 11: No room here for a drinkBEER GARDENAAcross 12: Crusades staged for models that have been around a bitUSEDAAcross 14: A game way of raising moneyTESTIMONIALAAcross 18: Relative almost said 'Neat'UNCLUTTEREDAAcross 21: See 12CARSAAcross 22: Canon's turn to enter form of prayerPREBENDARYAAcross 25: Conclude a wall covering is sterileINFERTILEAAcross 26: One leaves to throw up a mealLUNCHAAcross 27: Poetic inactivity in Lidl (Essex)IDLESSEAAcross 28: Acts like a predatory cat, eating small sweets?MOUSSESDDown 1: Second eleven starts acquiring game scorerSCRIBEDDown 2: Angel who's retiring?BACKERDDown 3: Sharp, visible illegal tackle to get rid of ballINSIGHTFULDDown 4: Wood almost burnt out: the finale for three monthsEMBERDDown 5: Firm retires lousy underwear makerCORSETIERDDown 6: Stand on branches? Americans do so, rightlyBEARDDown 7: Cruel, miserable lives and habitual responseSADISTICDDown 8: Celebrated instrument led off — it's what cellists doSTRADDLEDDown 13: Wow academic bishop with currency of very high distinctionCORDON BLEUDDown 15: Gloomy, beset by raging sea, surrenderSATURNINEDDown 16: Vegetable feature found in unknown ICU configurationZUCCHINIDDown 17: Mocking short French consul's dancingSCORNFULDDown 19: Birches planted round Northern resortCANNESDDown 20: Complaint when temperature taken by pushy sortTYPHUSDDown 23: Swimmer offers resistance in support of gymnastBREAMDDown 24: See 6ARMS