The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 7th October 2021 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 7th October 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Improvise as supplier of a cross, exactly what's neededWINGITAAcross 6: Varied across goals achieved by top playersOSCARSAAcross 9: Go across for gameBRIDGEAAcross 10: Walk across, having finished backing favouritesOVERSTEPAAcross 11: Kind of word that either part of down clue can be, never acrossVERBAAcross 12: Like some politics across the pond in programme about allianceSENATORIALAAcross 13: Stretch over and right every thing this makes with 8REACHACROSSAAcross 18: Moves across battlefield making me a nervous wreckMANOEUVRESAAcross 21: Cross made by removing ends of protective jewelMULEAAcross 22: Puzzle producing what sounds like a bad-tempered sign of approvalACROSTICAAcross 23: 60% of bars across France produced this wineBARSACAAcross 24: More precisely, repeatedly runs across two articlesRATHERAAcross 25: Wild animals that may be camouflaged when crossing?ZEBRASDDown 1: Lie in bed, poorly — it's impossible to get downINEDIBLEDDown 2: End of chase, heading off people on horses — we get down from themEIDERSDDown 3: Person who agrees with fool put downASSENTERDDown 4: About employer who makes things go down in America?CAUSERDDown 5: Perturbed re snow, go downhillWORSENDDown 7: Observe, in present and past, move up and downSEESAWDDown 8: Drink with Irish patron in Ulster townDOWNPATRICKDDown 14: Down amongst them is one of the shortest company releasesCOUNTIESDDown 15: Looking down on king, old hatSOMBRERODDown 16: One taking steps to provide first part of down clue's requirement, we hearDANCERDDown 17: Breaking law, say, that describes how things fall downALWAYSDDown 19: Oddly deficient, down to last husband? Bound to be honestONOATHDDown 20: Warship went down, part of larger groupSUBSET