The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th November 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th November 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tchaikovsky hero's individual spiritONEGINAAcross 5: Call, in poet's translation, for one with jewelled earETHIOPAAcross 8: Said solver's treated amorously, not like Burns's loveYORKISTAAcross 9: Put the frighteners on abandoned byreCOWSHEDAAcross 11: The usual runs on banks from investmentsSTOCKSANDSHARESAAcross 12: In which pupil appears to flagIRISAAcross 13: Painter given money to turn fish-eaterTINTORETTOAAcross 17: Not owing a pound, retired into fitted kitchenINTHEBLACKAAcross 18: Elemental spirit?FIREAAcross 20: Fish getting mad among non-alcoholic drinks by 4 6, they sayTANGLEWOODTALESAAcross 23: Poisonous yellow deformed stunted growth, after the SunRAGWORTAAcross 24: Abstraction to go with daylightROBBERYAAcross 25: Italian and German articles in silent flightGLIDERAAcross 26: A month on the border produces chaosMAYHEMDDown 2: Traction's treatment for druggyNARCOTISTDDown 3: Composer's connection between notesGLINKADDown 4: Winkle with sodium compared with iodine on top of ...NATHANIELDDown 5: Spanish hero with a line to the Yard?EL CIDDDown 6: Goldie embracing the Thunderer for the first part of 26HAWTHORNDDown 7: Going into the red compared with 17?OTHERDDown 8: Small objects during the last programme with 21 6, they sayYESMINISTERDDown 10: Author of computing system, a plaything for even half a TV outfitDOSTOYEVSKYDDown 14: What the spy in the cab said about cat, pig and sheepTACHOGRAMDDown 15: A lake you have drunk - reel with mirthTHIRLMEREDDown 16: Factor caused by mirth arising during meals?FEELCOLDDDown 19: Initially short and fat from Australian beerSTUBBYDDown 21: Boy goes on batting when upliftedNIGELDDown 22: See 18WATER