The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd November 2005 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd November 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: See 12HAVENOAAcross 6: He shortened the lives of his subjectsAUBREYAAcross 9: Musical party with styleHAIRDOAAcross 10: The Roman city of Morecambe, accepting you, say, but not me, sadlyEBORACUMAAcross 11: Cut Nigel Dempster's contributionGELDAAcross 12: "And ______" (13) Aha! The mind lives on. Hold on! A resurrection!DEATHSHALLAAcross 13: Holy man with DTs a shaky poetDYLAN THOMASAAcross 18: Sam and Dave hit their only sibling, say?SOULSISTERAAcross 21: Sun King's house once 10YORKAAcross 22: See 12DOMINIONAAcross 23: Conviviality of the Gordons' theatreGAIETYAAcross 24: Evidently abstemious Pushkin heroONEGINAAcross 25: "Yes, we 5 across ____s"BANANADDown 1: Homespun, such clothing is hardly one's Sunday bestEVERYDAYDDown 2: Duty deferred Fleming's fortune here?INBONDDDown 3: Liberal old hunt gathering circles great houseLUTONHOODDown 4: What's on in Aqua Sulis is inspiredBREATHDDown 5: Some way into a female utopiaHEAVENDDown 7: More than one thus addressed in Lehrer's "____ and shet-ma-mouth land"YOUALLDDown 8: Its advantage, first off, could be most effectiveDEVASTATINGDDown 14: A sailor, I? O, I can climb from from the word go!AB INITIODDown 15: The magpies left after Tay disaster: extraordinary!ATYPICALDDown 16: Here dragons floor the war department bandKOMODODDown 17: Franklin, a noted 18?ARETHADDown 19: Refined oil to soak up? Hang about!LOITERDDown 20: Totter under this omnium-gatherum?RAGBAG