The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th November 2004 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th November 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Tell all you feel before surgeryOPENHEARTAAcross 10: They say you are further up the heap (they say)URIAHAAcross 11: Fresh out of clothes?UNTIREDAAcross 12: Appropriate epithet for flatulence, not all deceptionGASTRICAAcross 13: Interrupt the cricket and stay for the nightSTOPAAcross 14: Search area for Scarlet PimpernelEVERYWHEREAAcross 15: Our slum is inclined to founderROMULUSAAcross 17: Rough cover for chimneyHOODLUMAAcross 19: New rifle with new trigger put in to furnish partnerGIRLFRIENDAAcross 22: See 13OVERAAcross 23: Live like this, backing into horse and its food supplyNOSEBAGAAcross 24: Performed by singers restraining novice with a sedativeCHLORALAAcross 26: Cuban flourished without fishFIDELAAcross 27: Taint that's beneath notice, possiblyINFECTIONDDown 1: Imported eggs move slowly during prohibition that's lifted from dishBOEUFSTROGANOFFDDown 2: Space for the others to 13 22 here?RESTROOMDDown 3: Detective offers security to playerSHERDDown 4: Islands where sickness decreases rapidly?MALDIVESDDown 5: Thespian, probably old, as male monarchSTAGERDDown 6: The speaker covering your eyes from behind maybe owes hugsGUESSWHODDown 7: Cooking recipe - use skewer?PIERCEDDown 8: Smart boy and girl alight on dishCHICKENMARYLANDDDown 16: Mutineer decapitated in elevator needs help to surviveLIFE BELTDDown 16: Mutineer decapitated in elevator needs help to surviveLIFEBELTDDown 17: Restraint is a blow to a workerHANDCUFFDDown 18: Electricity supply makes Scouse bird sufferLIVERAILDDown 20: Desire terribly half the aboveRESIDEDDown 21: The girl in the electricity supply?INGRIDDDown 25: See 3LOCK