The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 18th November 2005 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 18th November 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: King in haste arranged interview as option in 10 1 downASKTHEAUDIENCEAAcross 8: Best if you cut to me?IDEALAAcross 9: Bigmouth returned some very sad clothingBRAGGARTAAcross 11: Fail due to wrong turn from ToulouseLOSEOUTAAcross 12: Passed, not by bypassTHROUGHAAcross 13: Imperial cat?OUNCEAAcross 15: Executed agitator keeping revolutionary Western idolSACRED COWAAcross 17: Inclination in a batsman from Trinidad to Spanish TownALCANTARAAAcross 20: Brilliance of Martin on stageSHEENAAcross 21: The essence of good humour at a Fianna Fail rallyRATAFIAAAcross 23: Precise form of culinary instructionsRECIPESAAcross 25: Adolescent predilection for veal?CALF LOVEAAcross 26: Fatal blow squashing trifle coming from the East, as Bush would have itKYOTOAAcross 27: She was Fanny, with her last success in former scale onlyLADYWINDERMEREDDown 1: See 10AMILLIONAIREDDown 2: Strong points for which there's no returnKEEPSDDown 3: Think to follow greeting at the end of a monthHALLOWE'ENDDown 3: Think to follow greeting at the end of a monthHALLOWEENDDown 4: I leave note in plane to provide shrubARBUTUSDDown 5: Wine prescribed by physician, more or less extremeDRASTICDDown 6: Large variation produced enigmaELGARDDown 7: Stone from eruptionCARBUNCLEDDown 10: How workers in two shifts smile crookedly at one on river quizWHOWANTSTOBEDDown 14: Inaction is bad for a plantNICOTIANADDown 16: Eliot's village - his first - the third kept by a firemanEASTCOKERDDown 18: Beethoven's seventh key, first from the greaterAMAJORIDDown 19: See 24AFRIENDDDown 22: L is half an option in 10 1FIFTYDDown 24: Heap of dinner prepared as an option in 10 1PHONE