The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 25th October 2021 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 25th October 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fully commit to making a splash?TAKETHEPLUNGEAAcross 10: Old countryman sick, having broken blood vesselVILLEINAAcross 11: Fashionable to travel round a windy cityCHICAGOAAcross 12: Girl caught by colonel lyingNELLYAAcross 13: Challenge not extremely skilfulCOMPETENTAAcross 14: Nothing heard from American prisonsNICKSAAcross 16: Asian pianist playing to entertain a kingPAKISTANIAAcross 18: American power breaks transmitter: one hangs upSUSPENDERAAcross 19: Copious beer gets right to the heartLARGEAAcross 20: Desperate ham pleads for the bright lightsHEADLAMPSAAcross 23: Starters of soup unusually served hot in cold dishSUSHIAAcross 24: Not exact, but so far to travelOFASORTAAcross 25: Stowing silver, 1,000kg carrying capacityTONNAGEAAcross 26: Wave to ship for a rideROLLER COASTERAAcross 26: Wave to ship for a rideROLLERCOASTERDDown 2: Players need these for maximum clearanceALLBLACKSDDown 3: Lament for one buried in cathedralELEGYDDown 4: Pass Charlie what's laid on in the bathroomHANDCDDown 5: Implant that leads the fieldPACEMAKERDDown 6: Remarkably alive, runs all roundUNIVERSALDDown 7: Good to do nothing? ToppingGLAZEDDown 8: One wouldn't spend a day teaching hereEVENINGSCHOOLDDown 9: Inconsiderate to move freight in this form?CONTAINERISEDDDown 15: Rustle some sheep, say? You scrubber!STEEL WOOLDDown 16: One must take steps to activate thisPEDOMETERDDown 17: Industry arose, organised with speedAEROSPACEDDown 21: Site of massacre, Missouri style?ALAMODDown 22: Apply oneself in serious contestSET-TODDown 23: Confesses being no good in MI6SINGS