The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 29th October 2020 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 29th October 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Highland castle, central part opening, we hear?CAWDORAAcross 4: Caution shown when playing king, fearful scoundrel nicking it?YELLOWAAcross 9: Test of right and left, all characters on the far leftORALAAcross 10: See 12TOTHEDOZENAAcross 11: Vale on borders of Cymru, reportedly?SEEYOUAAcross 12: Square peg moved then to practise intuitive approach quickly, so to speak?NINETEENAAcross 13: Very old woman said to predict failure in honest spyPYTHONESSAAcross 15: In Potsdam, I design pots!AMIDAAcross 16: Third note, then second noteMEMOAAcross 17: Travesty reversed in perfect game for childrenMINECRAFTAAcross 21: After refurbishment, Chinese restaurant at first improvesENRICHESAAcross 22: Bony thing, angle on figure by the sound of it?COCCYXAAcross 24: Biscuit that's new behind unopened sponge cakes, filling holeGINGER SNAPAAcross 24: Biscuit that's new behind unopened sponge cakes, filling holeGINGERSNAPAAcross 25: See 4CARDAAcross 26: Sudden flood of arrivals ruins new hospitalINRUSHAAcross 27: Get back on with successRECOUPDDown 1: Where servers cut, machine with battery deadCARVERYDDown 2: See 20WALLYDDown 3: Amount produced revealed changeOUTTURNDDown 5: Flower and rotten nut they leave on stageEXEUNTDDown 6: Old trainer in ring made of metal, ironLIONTAMERDDown 7: Shrimpy shrimp wentWEEWEEDDDown 8: Pay cut with last of cheques in post, franticATONESWITSENDDDown 14: A beauty has boss and I overwhelmed by lustHUMDINGERDDown 16: Revealing garment, quick way to dress topless crime writerMANKINIDDown 18: Fugitive better protected by witness after heading for EgyptESCAPEEDDown 19: Social life oddly uplifting for life form on Venus?FLYTRAPDDown 20: Picture puzzle endures, did you say, on mural, fancifully?WHERESDDown 23: Candies and chocolates and others: source of all of those?CACAO