The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 4th October 2024 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 4th October 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Promotes good new cut mushroomsCHAMPIONSAAcross 6: Actor lady occasionally aloofCOLDAAcross 8: Diary regularly written to illuminate − it’s as clear as this, so they sayDAYLIGHTAAcross 9: Crustacean is given old shellISOPODAAcross 10: Maria’s half-cousin at last receives note identifying birdMARTINAAcross 11: One avoiding a slide – none risk slippingNONSKIERAAcross 12: Great price essentially for duck?FABRICAAcross 15: Point at which layabout without name becomes rogueSWINDLERAAcross 16: Where deer might have roamed according to an old English geologistBUCKLANDAAcross 19: Drawing to sideTOWINGAAcross 21: British channel rower ignored fellow US poetBERRYMANAAcross 22: Hold exercises, resulting in old complaintGRIPPEAAcross 24: Part of backward African country receiving nothingREGIONAAcross 25: Perhaps Swiss roll, a pure oneEUROPEANAAcross 26: Impress leaders of health club’s training ensemble after retirementETCHAAcross 27: Cowboys managed goodbyes ignoring expletives and insults at firstRANCHEROSDDown 1: Schumann originally composed like a romantic artistCLARADDown 2: Football’s tarzans include outstanding players like thisALLSTARDDown 3: God introducing short break for heathenPAGANDDown 4: Picnics maybe forbidden in empty gardensOUTINGSDDown 5: Insects, it could be who studies themSCIENTISTDDown 6: Noticed but left bent cansCLOCKEDDDown 7: Lack of control, run into toilet and appear briefly coolLOOSEREINDDown 13: A goddess above people with time for laughterAMUSEMENTDDown 14: Relaxed nice moral person working in galleryCOAL MINERDDown 14: Relaxed nice moral person working in galleryCOALMINERDDown 17: Old city enthralled by king’s meal: tongueKURDISHDDown 18: Horse, for example, going around working prisonDUNGEONDDown 20: Show how his performance gets a sighWHISPERDDown 22: Stomach upset, right?GIRTHDDown 23: Place votes for showsPLAYS