The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th November 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th November 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: The fault's in the office not the ChurchCLERICALERRORAAcross 10: Disease? Iron is included in tonic for treatmentINFECTIONAAcross 11: Politician in first-class cover-upALIBIAAcross 12: Calamitous reverses with no time for a smokeCIGARAAcross 13: Unexpected gripe about live changes producing special benefitPRIVILEGEAAcross 14: Field fire breaks out above the usual foliageLEAFIERAAcross 16: Expression of admiration of hard and fast movesHATSOFFAAcross 18: A right pair - useless and exhaustingARDUOUSAAcross 20: Engineers get round to make the waste usableRECYCLEAAcross 21: European Union's typical split over treesEUCALYPTIAAcross 23: Drank heavily back in the stationDEPOTAAcross 24: Separate and get a French drink in returnUNPINAAcross 25: Where one can't see the wood, they say!ARBORETUMAAcross 26: Trolley service?MEALSONWHEELSDDown 2: A fuel grid used as a protectorLIFEGUARDDDown 3: First report on tree snakeRACERDDown 4: Lively place for fast foodCHIPPERDDown 5: Losing height, perhaps? Hardly!LONGISHDDown 6: A description of tennis to which I attach mainly commonsenseREALISTICDDown 7: Ring followed by long thinkOPINEDDown 8: Mixed, as in moleculesMISCELLANEOUSDDown 9: What the publican calls late on many occasionsTIMEAFTERTIMEDDown 15: Silicon confused with aluminium with the same slopeISOCLINALDDown 17: "The skull bone" - a class topic I put outOCCIPITALDDown 19: Well up in singing - that's meSOPRANODDown 20: Artist in East London, producer of a colourful displayRAINBOWDDown 22: Woodwork for a trunk?COPSEDDown 23: Sad song, for instance, to unburden heavenwardsDIRGE