The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 6th November 2003 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 6th November 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Chance connection between wheels leads head of government to sign on - the like won't be seen again!HAPAX LEGOMENONAAcross 9: Drive mad queen into perilous situation, almostDERANGEAAcross 10: Glorious August day, or January night?TWELFTHAAcross 11: Fling with frequencyPITCHAAcross 12: A tiresome character consuming single drink at the first localABORIGINEAAcross 13: Addressee enlivened inert epicRECIPIENTAAcross 14: Compiler conceals name of old scoldSHENDAAcross 15: Class's subject for investigation takes timeCASTEAAcross 17: When to take in conviction for artworkBAS RELIEFAAcross 20: City, seized by strange inclination, goes belly upRECUMBENTAAcross 22: Antiquated trust is to run hospitalTROTHAAcross 23: Lingy little Spaniard interrupting religious festivalERICOIDAAcross 24: Kentish town is, like, in favour of obstructing Lawrence's returnASHFORDAAcross 25: Point to mushroom ring for saint on the way into state of brain damageENCEPHALOPATHYDDown 1: London location supplying English pork and cherry pieHYDEPARKCORNERDDown 2: Feverish City rep gets treatmentPYRETICDDown 3: Drunken expat in public house has a nagging wifeXANTHIPPEDDown 4: Girl stuffing sow with energy rays, by the sound of itELEVATEDDown 5: Correspondence published in the "Gay Times"? It's the end of civilisation!OUTPOSTDDown 6: I brawl endlessly over plant extractELEMIDDown 7: Not connected with unsavoury part of speechOFF-LINEDDown 7: Not connected with unsavoury part of speechOFFLINEDDown 8: Nightfall, at which is a clicheTHEENDOFTHEDAYDDown 14: Unethical business exchange, involving hot food previouslySWEATSHOPDDown 16: Require commitment from the strings, perhapsSECTIONDDown 17: Scope for life to absorb origin of deathBREADTHDDown 18: Leave shore when the scenery's looking the worse for wear?SETSAILDDown 19: In modern parlance, I emphatically eschew having regular teethISODONTDDown 21: Animal's low pointsMOOSE