The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 8th November 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 8th November 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Humdrum habitat back in power not entirely the prospectFUTUREAAcross 4: The minute person has time for broadcasting, BBC boss installedMIDGETAAcross 9: Restore to normality and learn music?PICKUPTHEPIECESAAcross 10: Such is poetic, the end for many countries with extremistsSTANZAAAcross 11: People collecting books by symbolic systemNOTATIONAAcross 12: Bull's first line to lick cowBROWBEATAAcross 14: Drunken sort keeps high in dazeSTUPORAAcross 15: Charges are reduced by a third to split the differenceTARIFFAAcross 18: Phone people about fever - the empty pain translates?BAGUETTEAAcross 21: Abundance of prayer to receive GodPLETHORAAAcross 22: Story about tot, Scottish boyLADDIEAAcross 24: Old rebel, man with bounty attached, cut during captureHEREWARDTHEWAKEAAcross 25: Stole lean dog or cat?TIPPETAAcross 26: Tortured head on stickADHEREDDown 1: Squander fried foodFRITTERDDown 2: Nominal figure about rightTOKENDDown 3: Succeed with record length in contestREPLACEDDown 5: Force ripping head from stubborn hanger-on, AmericaIMPETUSDDown 6: Bird about to put away flowerGREATOUSEDDown 7: Rapid bowing, lot more difficultTREMOLODDown 8: Turn up for Blair - how gutted, of course!WHYNOTDDown 13: Half submerged, despite possibly being under less than half of waterWAIST-DEEPDDown 16: Food with slight twist after starter brings illnessAILMENTDDown 17: Point gun: two rounds fired initially skywards, a number of shotsFOOTAGEDDown 18: Warming drink that's black and hotBRANDYDDown 19: Party held for noblest of knightsGALAHADDDown 20: Catch fish circling river, though not much of oneTRICKLEDDown 23: Divine wind originally in draughtDOWSE