The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th November 2005 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th November 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: People on drug, which is backedRACE HORSEAAcross 9: People on drug, which is backedRACEHORSEAAcross 10: Board involved in European agreements?OUIJAAAcross 11: Store taken over, perhaps needing some investmentSAFEWAYAAcross 12: Side roads taken in reverse after car fails to startARSENALAAcross 13: Sound of setter suddenly flaring up?WOOFAAcross 14: Spoon mixes in all cod amid awful smellBILLANDCOOAAcross 16: Gerald Ford initially upset with the standard of socialismRED FLAGAAcross 17: Church hides almost entire collection of birds' eggsCAVIAREAAcross 19: Offensive urchin retreats when drunken sailor in pursuitSTREET ARABAAcross 22: Irish sauce?MAYOAAcross 24: Slow to mop up river in toiletLATRINEAAcross 25: Restaurant where youngster's after some baked beans, possiblyCANTEENAAcross 26: Some odds never to back?EVENSAAcross 27: Pronouncement about servicemen's commandDIRECTIONDDown 1: When turned over, slowing of engine keeps potential killer under a hundred or rising, you revealedCROSSWORDSOLVERDDown 2: Criminals were quick to climb this, but not to descend from itSCAFFOLDDDown 3: Medieval instrument in Wham's "Fantastic"SHAWNDDown 4: Fish good with two othersGRAYLINGDDown 5: Particular dock?DETAILDDown 6: Climber given unknown wine to drink when climbing, gulping oxygenPOISON IVYDDown 7: Reportedly, open prison for dining outPICNICDDown 8: "I am inferior to noble", end of catchy songEARLYONEMORNINGDDown 15: Elderly preparation from spray of nebuliserBLUERINSEDDown 17: Opportunist youth's heading for courtCHANCERYDDown 18: A rat leading its relatives the last first, it's learnedACADEMICDDown 20: Very much soonerRATHERDDown 21: Discussion of sex is beneath a programmeAGENDADDown 23: Irish rap?KNOCK