The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 9th October 2024 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th October 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Be ready to do nothingSTAND BYAAcross 1: Be ready to do nothingSTANDBYAAcross 5: Get rid of unwanted drug that’s been releasedWEED OUTAAcross 10: Groom initially coy on meeting brideCOMBAAcross 11: Alternative for meek lady lacking a traditional cureFOLKREMEDYAAcross 12: Special language giving information on freezingPOLARIAAcross 13: Exemption allows compiler to admit being weak about itIMPUNITYAAcross 14: I can see GP bothered by gesture seeking no conflictPEACE SIGNAAcross 16: Clues given to Yard, wastedTIPSYAAcross 17: Mad liberal conceals stuff that’s not preparedAD-LIBAAcross 19: Rough up Nigel for exampleMANHANDLEAAcross 23: Great story about earth I told in instalmentsEPISODICAAcross 24: River group gets rejected, having eaten meatTHAMESAAcross 26: Dylan moved around in river boat mostlyBY AND LARGEAAcross 27: Little appreciation for one who is lateOBITAAcross 28: Work space sketched out, eliminating carbonTHEDESKAAcross 29: Put on in accordance with procedurePERFORMDDown 2: Broadcast raised in volume when showing traditional sexual arrangementTWOSOMEDDown 3: Parvenu biased somewhat against part of AfricaNUBIADDown 4: Experts unavailable during scrapsBOFFINSDDown 6: Money annually applied to create satelliteEUROPADDown 7: Extent of US currency getting acknowledgement in reportsDIMENSIONDDown 8: Meets potential lover following happy newsUPDATESDDown 9: Buffoons regularly see themFLYINGSAUCERSDDown 15: Organised crime don’s looking embarrassedCRIMSONEDDDown 18: Drop extremely tacky church artworkDIPTYCHDDown 20: Welcome success in this place?HITHEREDDown 21: More wary about strange linkage between both sidesLEERIERDDown 22: Shambles when wife’s abandoned puzzlesADDLESDDown 25: Sale room offer is essentially disdainfulALOOF