The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd November 2006 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd November 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Parent to end with work to go on a spreePAINTTHETOWNREDAAcross 9: Indicating the cash is giving one a buzzRINGINGUPAAcross 10: Capital account? The accountant's about rightACCRAAAcross 11: The mace used as a weaponMACHETEAAcross 12: Extensive support for one near the boundaryLONGLEGAAcross 13: Observe odd characters in sceneS1EAAcross 14: Prepare for print, yet step out of lineTYPESETAAcross 17: One brought back to work about to put foot downRETREADAAcross 19: European missile requiring very large amounts of moneyESCUDOSAAcross 22: One takes turns in giving a liftCAPSTANAAcross 24: Scoundrel pinching half the collector's itemsCURAAcross 25: Gas supplies in war in a muddleAMMONIAAAcross 26: Agreement about east Scottish lochONENESSAAcross 28: One took a chance, but is out. Annoyed?IRKEDAAcross 29: Description of bird group: snipes are out!PASSERINEAAcross 30: What's machine washable, but won't go on the couch?SHRINKRESISTANTDDown 1: In which one differentiates from the applied variety?PURE MATHEMATICSDDown 2: Icon I rebuilt in an old styleIONICDDown 3: Hard workers? Those on the roof need to take oxygen ...TOILERSDDown 4: ... as the roof is most acute in pitch!HIGHESTDDown 5: Dotty painter loses head - habitual drinker?TIPPLERDDown 6: Stand shelved: it's temporarily forgottenWHATNOTDDown 7: Recall the study of religion with prayerRECOLLECTDDown 8: Didn't get a leg up, so employed delaying tacticsDRAGGEDONESFEETDDown 15: Early leader should be in good heart?PACEMAKERDDown 16: Negotiator shows conceitEGODDown 18: A period of the English artistERADDown 20: C-clamour around a French portDUNEDINDDown 21: Rep's car goes off, making a hasty departureSCARPERDDown 22: Society on an unusual course to get a kingCROESUSDDown 23: Writer with literary character, a versifierPOETESSDDown 27: One in the area set up a plantERICA