The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd November 2000 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd November 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Minor member in pub taking it round in disguiseINCOGNITOAAcross 6: Show contempt for cereal on SundaySCORNAAcross 9: Lord Mayor says detective gets battering in FreetownDICKWHITTINGTONAAcross 10: Footprint shows retreat of cat and dogSTEPAAcross 11: Tart married in church by pier without an endMINCE PIEAAcross 14: I keep dressing with audacity, wanting love in the clubSAUCEBOATAAcross 15: Make love to a half-sister in the springOASISAAcross 16: Change the people in the commercialAMENDAAcross 18: Dine poorly by hot cooker in the NetherlandsEINDHOVENAAcross 20: Place an adder in medicinal liquidLOCATIONAAcross 21: United Nations party is freeUNDOAAcross 25: Dame Rebecca riding very good horse in SomersetWESTONSUPERMAREAAcross 26: Silence enshrouds upper and lower prison campsGULAGAAcross 27: Severe yet devious last nightYESTEREVEDDown 1: Asian river does not end in dustINDUSDDown 2: French dramatist caught in his water bed on topCOCTEAUDDown 3: Leave woman, top and toe, in this dressGOWNDDown 4: Garden flower in a kind of stew, nearlyIRISDDown 5: Open University above criticism for swindlingOUTWITTINGDDown 6: Oh! Decency's different with eg "New faces"SYNECDOCHEDDown 7: Sea animal needing work after a monthOCTOPUSDDown 8: An unknown Spooner gets mixed up between two namesNONPERSONDDown 12: Wild nut, highly flavouredHEADSTRONGDDown 13: Make 100 and you've lost, corrupted with a jealous heartCOVETOUSLYDDown 14: Rascal finds Lily among the valuablesSCALLAWAGDDown 17: Pardon for former copper touching SarahEXCUSALDDown 19: High quality "6 no-trumps" made with maturityVINTAGEDDown 22: Plump duck to be seen half doneOBESEDDown 23: Tree not lying in bed, thoughUPASDDown 24: Easy-going and available for nothingFREE