The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 26th October 2023 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th October 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Looking after Barnet Hospital, show anxietyHAIR CAREAAcross 8: Looking after Barnet Hospital, show anxietyHAIRCAREAAcross 9: Ferret and small marsupial let out to lunchROOTLEAAcross 10: If so, loser becomes poser, in a manner of speakingLISPAAcross 11: Thus entering wood, Picaroon moving clumsilyLUMBERSOMEAAcross 12: English firm receiving tax returns in standard intervalOCTAVEAAcross 14: Travelling Martian bearing right in vesselTRIMARANAAcross 15: Pair of old ladies maintaining this compiler stinks!MIASMASAAcross 17: When spotted, thong is tightONSIGHTAAcross 20: Roundabout in Rome's outskirts? Charge around itINDIRECTAAcross 22: Argos supply entertaining new donatable itemsORGANSAAcross 23: All those present when the news is broadcast partyATTENDANCEAAcross 24: Daughter's scrubbed wild bird's cage?RIBSAAcross 25: Disreputable, heartless lowlife admitting this is agonyLOUCHEAAcross 26: Wrongly label item, with list in shamblesMISTITLEDDown 1: Street musician's song from West Side Story characterMARIACHIDDown 2: See 24DROPDDown 3: Don't pass on coat of lace fabric that's ribbedFAILLEDDown 4: Spy that thing in rotten tree? You might spy this thing in rotten treeTERMITEDDown 5: Supplier of beef and chips popular around AmericaFRIESIANDDown 6: Patient guy's making a career in work practice (shown in pairs of across answers here)JOBSHARINGDDown 7: Engineering manual for student onceALUMNADDown 13: Laying off flipping idiot involved in non-23ABSTINENCEDDown 16: A dieter regularly visiting capital city up northABERDEENDDown 18: Possible reason for booking manual worker before partyHANDBALLDDown 19: I never did insist on emerald ringsSTONEMEDDown 21: Fancy a round, stopping outNOTIONDDown 22: Threatening words worried lessee? There's nothing odd in thatOR ELSEDDown 24: Bit of a shower head in receptacle in a rubbish dumpRAIN