The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 18th October 2022 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 18th October 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Be rude about accepting college recordingsDISCSAAcross 4: Composer having suspicion about one? Deny cutSIBELIUSAAcross 8: Be in a dodgy situation — hesitation and neck may be brokenSKATEONTHINICEAAcross 10: Agreement about money held by bridge player being an obvious targetEASYMEATAAcross 11: A great many retreating after appearance of very good weaponPISTOLAAcross 12: Military transport heading for Tobruk reversed track with itTROOPSHIPAAcross 15: Contents of trophy idiot filled with inert gasASHESAAcross 17: Food item not found in the first part of the dictionary?PASTAAAcross 18: Metallic element, rather odd, gathering attentionRARE EARTHAAcross 19: Individual with German backing for investment? Not subsequentlyON TIMEAAcross 21: City and I separately probing blue material (cheesy stuff)PECORINOAAcross 24: Arrangement of this music could leave creator hangingGREGORIAN CHANTAAcross 25: Informed about keeping several colleges togetherINUNISONAAcross 26: Strain is back with pioneering womanSIEVEDDown 1: No work, agitated, upset? It’s best suited for a later courseDESSERT SPOONDDown 1: No work, agitated, upset? It’s best suited for a later courseDESSERTSPOONDDown 2: Pictures likely winners, enthusiastic, on boardSNAPSHOTSDDown 3: Tense when investing in source of coal power?STEAMDDown 4: Newspaper beginning to blush at woman’s figure on the beachSUNBATHERDDown 5: Physicist, heating element up, runsBOHRDDown 6: Wound can entail cuttingLANCINATEDDown 7: International group mostly attractive in its original form?UNCUTDDown 9: Historic accessory for boy’s clothes? I’d look almost sillyOLD SCHOOL TIEDDown 13: Bird to move across one's view, interrupted by black jet fighterPTARMIGANDDown 14: Army without leader entering level ground? It has potential to crackPORCELAINDDown 16: Museum, either end of which is filled with historic items? On the contraryHERMITAGEDDown 20: Go round capital of Italy — and you wouldn't see this!TURINDDown 22: A charitable saint saving her first marine creaturesORCASDDown 23: Soldier packing a small collection of weapons?ARMS