The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 24th November 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 24th November 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Underground sportsmen in Likud upset monkeyDURUKULIAAcross 9: Protective layer for District and Circle? Vice versaOZONEAAcross 10: Old woman about to get rhyming family homeSHOEAAcross 11: Endure transfer: outside left not returnedUNREQUITEDAAcross 12: Propose to maintain king in healthPROSITAAcross 14: Wine and cheese, unopened, to throw awayRIESLINGAAcross 15: 1 9 /150 = gradientINCLINEAAcross 17: Speaker about to spoil fishing gearSTENTORAAcross 20: Instrument for putting spirit, hot, into excrescenceCRUMHORNAAcross 22: Obscure compiler's inconclusive threatMYSTICAAcross 23: Ailment induced by Spooner's blast on the French horn?TRENCH FOOTAAcross 24: Far from cheerful actor, so they sayDOURAAcross 25: Deal with rubbish round aboutTREATAAcross 26: Year in which eastern nation gets young leader, the nation's backboneYEOMANRYDDown 1: Reformed faith ultimately neutralLUTHERANDDown 2: Aristocrat right to receive monarchDUKEDDown 3: Bend after a blow, though dignifiedAUGUSTDDown 4: Scales line to intellectual storehouseLIBRARYDDown 5: Victory for many aboard the "Endeavour"CONQUESTDDown 6: Shakespearean bird almost put in jail (American)CORIOLANUSDDown 7: Point in time to an expanse of waterAEGEANDDown 13: Holy man eaten by smoother amphibianSALAMANDERDDown 16: Convert to the Pony Express, initiallyNEOPHYTEDDown 18: Witchcraft: spinning gold in attempt to get notice, finallyOBITUARYDDown 19: Great lover married? Just the oppositeANTONYMDDown 21: Right one in cultured surrounds ã one in a million?RARITYDDown 22: Alternative to dole is cosmic wasteMETEORDDown 24: Measure up to the barrel-bearerDRAY