The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 14th October 2019 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 14th October 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Moving along, aim for treeMAGNOLIAAAcross 9: Very happy to be one of the family? Not at firstELATEDAAcross 10: See 2LOPEAAcross 11: Food for hotheads?BAKEDBEANSAAcross 12: Brave, attempting the banjo?PLUCKYAAcross 14: One's on hand potentially to issue a challengeGAUNTLETAAcross 15: Attack a sailor verballyASSAULTAAcross 17: Mean to keep recipe for such poor-quality meatSTRINGYAAcross 20: Enclosure is not simpleCOMPOUNDAAcross 22: Object to being given errand, not for the first timeRESENTAAcross 23: Want extremely lucrative job: sewer business?NEEDLEWORKAAcross 24: Careless mistakes with brickie's equipmentSLIPAAcross 25: Try sculpture and failGOBUSTAAcross 26: In foreign currency, a few demanded money for freedomRANSOMEDDDown 1: Lad comes for punishment: he received suspended death sentenceDAMOCLESDDown 2: Neat moves, to run browserANTEDDown 3: Bloody nonsense, my dear chap!OLD BOYDDown 4: Prepare a long time for such a holiday?PACKAGEDDown 5: Try to identify candidate to take charge of school?HEADHUNTDDown 6: They go up the wall, as striptease performedTAPESTRIESDDown 7: Hopefully, a spirited sessionSEANCEDDown 13: Exhausted, but well received as you leaveCLAPPED OUTDDown 16: Line, golden, from this poet?LAUREATEDDown 18: Not the chosen people — one is covered in maggotsGENTILESDDown 19: Put off taking a day over most of magazineADJOURNDDown 21: From Reno, go travelling — north, to hereOREGONDDown 22: Inclining to be collecting leavesRAKINGDDown 24: See 24 acrossSHOD