The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 16th November 2004 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 16th November 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Opening session of match is the least difficultSOFTESTAAcross 5: Deity making Bush drunk after imbibing a small measureBACCHUSAAcross 9: Drinks contain nothing that's bitterALOESAAcross 10: Iron panel - there's nothing like itNONPAREILAAcross 11: Weapon of old bore, we hearEXCALIBURAAcross 12: Where Poles are said to be in GermanyESSENAAcross 13: What we put in for a rise, as yet unsettledYEASTAAcross 15: Your hands could be lacking moistureANHYDROUSAAcross 18: Set-to with Sex Pistol in a London parkROTTENROWAAcross 19: Gable's ButlerRHETTAAcross 21: Rejected girl has a huff - but it's not very heatedTEPIDAAcross 23: Within limits, Paphos tried to recreate a reputed visitorAPHRODITEAAcross 25: Forerunner of the stiff short drinker?HARBINGERAAcross 26: Weapon carried by a knight, but not a lotLANCEAAcross 27: Old item of dress for TTDOUBLETAAcross 28: Paper trainEXPRESSDDown 1: Dribbling on 14, saySLAVERYDDown 2: Evangelical in windbreak recording sequence of operationsFLOW CHARTDDown 2: Evangelical in windbreak recording sequence of operationsFLOWCHARTDDown 3: Conveyance shows back to front support for artEASELDDown 4: Tory? Lib? An erratic politician ...TONY BLAIRDDown 5: ... one born free by change of LawBONARDDown 6: Fish and tea sellerCHAVENDERDDown 7: Successful escape requires them to be cleanHEELSDDown 8: Quiet establishment replaced by Guardian and foster father of 5 acrossSILENUSDDown 14: Dream working in the checkout, a boring taskTREADMILLDDown 16: American writer may take on EnglishHAWTHORNEDDown 17: Live and die in former conformityOBEDIENCEDDown 18: Pointlessly miserable, threw upRETCHEDDDown 20: The girl's turning up amazed old GreekTHESEUSDDown 22: Hidden daughter found in foreign countryPERDUDDown 23: Energy shown in art of the vernacularARGOTDDown 24: Cheek from neat flowerOXLIP