The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th November 2001 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th November 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Not near to being illegalOFFSIDEAAcross 5: The people accepting blame need treatmentTHERAPYAAcross 10: Opposed to a drinkAGINAAcross 11: Ancient Roman number taking Serb terrorist to New YorkMARK ANTONYAAcross 12: Come to pass, maybe, in YorkshireHAPPENAAcross 13: The why and the how of stepping-stones?CAUSEWAYAAcross 14: Passport seeker, maybe, a pupil (not English) I'm unable to followAPPLICANTAAcross 16: Fish food (see II Kings 49, 50)KRILLAAcross 17: Perfume is oxygen - the same for the old cityODOURAAcross 19: Preparation for excavation?SPADEWORKAAcross 23: Cry of Spooner throwing fatty viscous stuff out of the window?GARDYLOOAAcross 24: Araucaria on the booze? Take a tabletMETOPEAAcross 26: Essay in enticement at Orpheus' fingertips?LUTESTRINGAAcross 27: It's the vicar's place to sound like an ass ...BRAYAAcross 28: ... that's, in the present, a piece of woodBASSOONAAcross 29: I'm loitering without point in a perfect worldIDEALLYDDown 2: Star quality in a dandy will pierce the gloomFOGLAMPDDown 3: Clue for seamen united at dawn (3-2)SUNUPDDown 4: Protest that the devil's not quite devilish?DEMONICDDown 6: Gap I found in covering AmericaHIATUSDDown 7: Bad quarrel gets overriddenROTTENROWDDown 8: Duck to take beer and be sickPINTAILDDown 9: Nitrogen in chophouse in place of perfume was Miss Muffett's problemARACHNOPHOBIADDown 15: Linen garment, say, for Mr Toad?LAUNDRESSDDown 18: Bloodthirsty member of pack turning up at dance with 'oopDRACULADDown 20: Mother gets old and imperfectDAMAGEDDDown 21: A painter's painter finding another a helpRAPHAELDDown 22: Drunk at the second houseBLOTTODDown 25: A bit I broke of the shinTIBIA