The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 30th November 2000 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 30th November 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Unfortunately, Iris faced having skin puncturedSCARIFIEDAAcross 10: Almost half 9 rash infects one heartless writerOSCARAAcross 11: Leader of performers longed to see castPITCHEDAAcross 12: 10 21's alter ego, a six-footer, protecting treeMELMOTHAAcross 13: Get to know king and knightLEARNAAcross 14: Matter-of-fact British leader with a twitch accepts ridiculePRAGMATICAAcross 16: Will the mug taking poison lose life or has spa treatment revealed 10 21's supposed last words?THISWALLPAPERISAAcross 19: See 16KILLINGMEAAcross 21: See 10WILDEAAcross 22: See 16ONEOFUSAAcross 23: See 16HASTOGOAAcross 24: Murderer keeps right of way markCAIRNAAcross 25: Elite bout unlikely in dungeonOUBLIETTEDDown 1: OK, I spotlit muddle in Old German schemeOSTPOLITIKDDown 2: One supports old meat supplier for beefPASTRAMIDDown 3: Companion introduced to the right kind of plantLICHENDDown 4: Stopped working and fixed when touring SpainDIEDDDown 5: Water swallowed very quietly in the throatADAM'S APPLEDDown 6: Trollop helping to capture unknown FrenchmanDOLLYMOPDDown 7: Portray a Tory publicistACT OUTDDown 8: Major Russian port loses financial backerARCHDDown 14: Mechanical ram restricts hot billet of proposed elementPHLOGISTONDDown 15: Cooked sloes and cedar nutsCASSEROLEDDDown 17: Endlessly rap fellows in squadrons for producing odoursWHIFFINGDDown 18: Abroad in posh car or public launchesROLLOUTSDDown 20: Tell a story to eminent scientistLIEBIGDDown 21: Aeronautical term to pick up about woodWASHINDDown 22: Sea creature on show in Windsor CastleORCADDown 23: Goddess makes man surviveHEBE