The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 22nd November 2000 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 22nd November 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Instigate frolic in gymPROMPTAAcross 5: Chosen people get odd mixture of gold and silverELECTRUMAAcross 9: Old man going to youth centre with material for the peoplePOPULACEAAcross 10: Plump sprite, backward and certainly not forwardFLESHYAAcross 11: Thrilling hail storm takes former sailor outsideEXHILARATINGAAcross 13: North African grouse may be found hereMOORAAcross 14: Most severe novelist and story teller startsSTERNESTAAcross 17: Hiccups evidently turned back some explorerVESPUCCIAAcross 18: Florida resort without a role for a sopranoMIMIAAcross 20: Faculty for understanding newsINTELLIGENCEAAcross 23: Seafood swindle requires private investigatorSCAMPIAAcross 24: In the morning wild boar is heavenly foodAMBROSIAAAcross 25: Alienate sergeant in messESTRANGEAAcross 26: Underworld before Underground alternativeEREBUSDDown 2: Redevelopment in old town starts civil disorderRIOTDDown 3: Spread out Parmesan, lacking an inferior cheeseMOUSETRAPDDown 4: Go round tree that's meretriciousTRASHYDDown 5: Evangelism after presenting a form of immortalityEVERLASTINGFAMEDDown 6: Compulsory measure for about a monthENFORCEDDDown 7: Deal with entertainment paid for by anotherTREATDDown 8: Release a part? That's not generousUNHANDSOMEDDown 12: Astronomer given work in nuclear research centre is going round Cambridge UniversityCOPERNICUSDDown 15: First anaesthetised individual - absorbing hospital dramaNUMBER ONEDDown 16: Type of onion ring found in the promised landSCALLIONDDown 19: Empower leaderless men on revolutionary islandENABLEDDown 21: Name of man in tree by East RiverELMERDDown 22: Some petunias raised by indigenous Japanese peopleAINU