The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th November 2004 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th November 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Small matter of great concern to CAMRAPINT-SIZEAAcross 1: Small matter of great concern to CAMRAPINTSIZEAAcross 5: Force large drink on loose talkerGOSSIPAAcross 9: Rare Bosch composition: "Nipper by the Sea"SHORECRABAAcross 11: Right nipple brought out as a special favourTREATAAcross 12: Is American company incapable of American plainsong?CANTUS FIRMUSAAcross 15: Revenged, or partly soEVENAAcross 16: Mysteriously cheap model lent to mysterious boardPLANCHETTEAAcross 18: Force to go into businessENTERPRISEAAcross 19: Half-float father of tribeLEVIAAcross 21: Bread's an inflationary force on US moneyPUMPERNICKELAAcross 24: Keen on involving retailers' leader in opening barsINTROAAcross 25: Terrorists certain police officers are sent back to get rid ofERADICATEAAcross 26: Oddly unread poetNERUDAAAcross 27: Drunks returning to base unsteadily with banned materialASBESTOSDDown 1: Turn down improper proposalPASSDDown 2: GaslightNEONDDown 3: Understand proverb involving ups and downsSEESAWDDown 4: Not entirely recent zeal to root out crime?ZERO TOLERANCEDDown 6: Bluntly and unashamedly pink and blueOUTRIGHTDDown 7: With tantrum rising inside, stifle the traditional villainessSTEPMOTHERDDown 8: Some butter is put on country's upside-down cakesPATISSERIEDDown 10: A cut above the standard MBA seminar?BUSINESSCLASSDDown 13: Odd time to ponder getting a ticket to ParadiseREDEMPTIONDDown 14: "Shut up about domesticated queen", for instancePENTAMETERDDown 17: Available storage space with no fixed termFREEHOLDDDown 20: Elegant but devious policy on ironFELINEDDown 22: Separate bitPARTDDown 23: River crossed by pedantsTEES