The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 12th October 2020 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 12th October 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Criticise German in crumbling paradiseDISPARAGEAAcross 10: Cracked globe returned by King Edward, initiallyBROKEAAcross 11: Acclaim unlimited rations, following boundless loveOVATIONAAcross 12: Muscles in short time before additional messageTRICEPSAAcross 13: Strict doctor with papersRIGIDAAcross 14: Plot everything with setter surrounded by books about religionALLOTMENTAAcross 16: Bury substitute — talented and transposableINTERCHANGEABLEAAcross 19: Unusual foresight is a bonus not to be questionedGIFT HORSEAAcross 21: Collapse of square blockSLUMPAAcross 22: Superficial sea foam expertSURFACEAAcross 23: Mobilises right supportersRALLIESAAcross 24: Gather in the morning on a shipAMASSAAcross 25: School has nothing certain to provide tranquillityCOMPOSUREDDown 1: Putting off engineer undoing jarADJOURNINGDDown 2: Key language for gastropodESCARGOTDDown 3: Travelled along runway to charge bombTAXIEDDDown 4: Baby finally, by daybreak, dropping head to show sign of tirednessYAWNDDown 5: Money covering up steps to produce plaguePESTILENCEDDown 6: Drink drunk in haste containing boronABSINTHEDDown 7: Stick around to get love presentCOHEREDDown 8: Rising canal reveals GodZEUSDDown 14: Loathing of treated carbon here?ABHORRENCEDDown 15: Made uninvited use of resorts in the elevated Kalahari, perhapsTRESPASSEDDDown 17: Tries again to get European trainREHEARSEDDown 18: Bouquet arranged around paper shopBOUTIQUEDDown 20: Official document the French sent upFORMALDDown 21: Unhealthy looking bird, having lost a wifeSALLOWDDown 22: Small pale birdSWANDDown 23: Revolutionary upmarket housing swindleRAMP