The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th October 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th October 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Unknown quantity in series put me off, shocking thenUMPTEENTHAAcross 10: Vehicle hit, bonnet gone?TRIKEAAcross 11: Baggy trousers king examined initially, in quick inspectionLOOKSEEAAcross 12: Figure butcher's returned fisherman's deviceKEEPNETAAcross 13: Fancy barCAKEAAcross 14: A mouthful eaten by Swiss hero before a danceTARANTELLAAAcross 16: Forward touching on cute header for TottenhamRETWEETAAcross 17: Old actress with Clouseau actor meeting poetLOMBARDAAcross 19: Negative response broken by a force that man possessed – when to wed?NAMETHEDAYAAcross 22: Princess married to upper-class loverBEAUAAcross 24: Good plug secures the entrance of minePITHEADAAcross 25: See 15 DownFRIENDSAAcross 26: A little insecure even, old legal officialREEVEAAcross 27: Foul holes grew cleanerSHOWERGELDDown 1: Car isn't turning left, south of local line for trains etcPUBLIC TRANSPORTDDown 2: Film of soup leaves set of teethSPROCKETDDown 3: See 7MESSIDDown 4: Perform weakly twirling round dancer in tutu, though skirts not requiredUNDERACTDDown 5: Several sporting minutes for pitcher, we hear?CHUKKADDown 6: I don't know what my self-flagellation achievesITBEATSMEDDown 7: Tree-hugging English footballer, one great playerLIONELDDown 8: Intellectual leader Liz, PM with foreign money to invest: alarm about that?BERTRAND RUSSELLDDown 15: Wingers fine on the wings a day before goal netted by Liverpool, sayFEATHEREDDDown 17: Game where goal preferred?LEAPFROGDDown 18: A plot has gone awry for biblical fire walkerABEDNEGODDown 20: See 23MOTHERDDown 21: Mashed smashed — that's it!EMDASHDDown 23: Pushy parent I'm not sure is supportive of high flierTIGER