The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 30th November 2001 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 30th November 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Boil for two monthsDECOCTAAcross 4: Got a huge C for ClumsyGAUCHEAAcross 9: See 25ISLEAAcross 10: Kept up, so it's claimedMAINTAINEDAAcross 11: Shakespearean court with detectives aboutBARDICAAcross 12: Six points ahead, Herb - fancy!ENVISAGEAAcross 13: Obnoxious creatures primed with lubricant turning bright scarletVERMILIONAAcross 15: Heard to deserve the birdERNEAAcross 16: Hint to learner: get in promptCLUEAAcross 17: Big toe cracked turning hot tap! Get the bone doctorOSTEOPATHAAcross 21: A vessel in choice metalPLATINUMAAcross 22: Unfixed one part of the street paradeAFLOATAAcross 24: Occasion on which a student is workingFUNCTIONALAAcross 25: Man to man in CumbriaCARLAAcross 26: Bring about the demise, say, of Santa ClausSLEIGHAAcross 27: Filthy place to keep fish coldSTEELYDDown 1: Peculiar seaside complaintDISEASEDDown 2: The Amerindian God is to be believedCREEDDDown 3: Joker gets most of the drink; that's funnyCOMICALDDown 5: Stirring kind of voiceACTIVEDDown 6: Part of helmet found by child in street and even put backCHIN STRAPDDown 6: Part of helmet found by child in street and even put backCHINSTRAPDDown 7: Centrepiece Peregrine ordered, but not the right oneEPERGNEDDown 8: Eating hours starting to be considered uneconomicTIME-CONSUMINGDDown 14: Imperative to include ring, a revolutionary facial adornmentMOUSTACHEDDown 16: Flag of a military man we lay claim toCOLOURSDDown 18: Man in kind of shirt turned up with old shoulder badgeEPAULETDDown 19: A treaty distributed by carrierTEA TRAYDDown 20: Not quite over being wound upENDINGDDown 23: Hercules? He's off to raise the doughLUCRE