The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th November 2006 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th November 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Free spirit to a gardener, figuratively speaking?TOPIARISTAAcross 6: Chuck Berry's first and last pressure groupLOBBYAAcross 9: Painter coming back some time in the morningMANETAAcross 10: Very old coil in the transformer?NEOLITHICAAcross 11: Old trousers get tucked into shoesOXFORDBAGSAAcross 12: Knucklehead and blockhead join togetherKNITAAcross 14: Personal assistant lying about fuelPROPANEAAcross 15: Geller is introduced to most fantastic service industryTOURISMAAcross 17: Old soldier embarrassed by filmREDCOATAAcross 19: Take advantage of present that's taken aboardPUT-UPONAAcross 20: Drink produced from bananas, packed with energyMEADAAcross 22: They hold up American going west - poet's to followSUSPENDERSAAcross 25: He's cut and knocked out - but not hurtUNSCATHEDAAcross 26: A question of publicationISSUEAAcross 27: Plant poles in riverTANSYAAcross 28: After a month, possibly, Red Sea ebbedDECREASEDDDown 1: Rhythm and metre poet worked outTEMPODDown 2: Band of colour seen by food writerPINKFLOYDDDown 3: Change a torn form for current supplierALTERNATORDDown 4: Being low, unfinished, poor, unworthyIGNOBLEDDown 5: Consideration, even if at wit's endTHOUGHTDDown 6: Lane is given old-fashioned lookLOISDDown 7: Playwright hit on the head has hard heartBEHANDDown 8: Chants may upset sailorYACHTSMANDDown 13: Two chaps starting experimental factory systemJUST IN TIMEDDown 14: Sovereign in Paris is knocked off a horsePARAMOUNTDDown 16: Journalists in house taken up as recruits for the navyIMPRESSESDDown 18: Making sense of French revolutionary? That's crazyTOUCHEDDDown 19: Old man's jest sent up dictatorPAPA DOCDDown 21: Clergyman beheaded for serious crimeARSONDDown 23: Avenger's horseSTEEDDDown 24: Change in travel centre when going north on railwayVARY