The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st November 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st November 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Beetle speeding, though bit of a 14CARAPACEAAcross 9: A shoe with heel in whatchamacallit? That's charming!AMULETAAcross 10: Animator asks for cut - then stopNICKAAcross 11: Following case, the Guardian's in Paris backing writerCHESTERTONAAcross 12: Without the heat, go after success?WINTRYAAcross 14: Sweet thing embracing love is a crawlerTORTOISEAAcross 15: One snoring in someone's ear?SREEPERAAcross 17: English taken in by minor deceptionSLEIGHTAAcross 20: This troubled isle welcomes one from Corinth, perhapsISTHMIANAAcross 22: Searcher heading for gold buried in town north of ScunthorpeGOOGLEAAcross 23: Plant taken out to lunch for a drinkCUCKOOPINTAAcross 24: Blast! It's a setbackBLOWAAcross 25: A distraction of questionable kudos anyone can seeSUDOKUAAcross 26: Catch a number of balls before he gets a runOVERHEARDDown 1: Banker maintaining capital up, one relatively closeFAMILIARDDown 2: See 10PARKDDown 3: Geronimo gets suspicious about creditWAR CRYDDown 4: 2 concerned with convenienceREGENTSDDown 5: Country's ally besieging NancyPASTORALDDown 6: Criminal that is corrupt supported by old Caribbean commonwealthPUERTO RICODDown 7: Beauty encapsulates nothing of the bloody thingsVENOUSDDown 13: Get married, but don't have children?TIETHEKNOTDDown 16: Europe changing sides, I start to get worried - end of story!EPILOGUEDDown 18: Miserable arsonist's first into the blessed prisonHOLLOWAYDDown 19: Stand in location that's hot and smoothANDIRONDDown 21: Order making South African quiet?SHUT UPDDown 22: Collector in the street achieving good totalGUTTERDDown 24: Club investing hard currencyBAHT