The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 24th November 2006 There are 15 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 24th November 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Refractory setter with document in riverINDOCILEAAcross 9: The Queen takes it to an assassinHIT MANAAcross 9: The Queen takes it to an assassinHITMANAAcross 10: Compiler receiving notice to get out of the Sun?SHADEDAAcross 11: Alien creature's reversible coatLAMINATEAAcross 12: Seafarers on waterway found on top shelfPORNAAcross 13: Jester's hot prize returned by student in retirementWITHDRAWALAAcross 15: Given protection by chap on the leftCOVEREDAAcross 16: Rachmaninov, Andy Kershaw maintains, was a great artistVANDYKEAAcross 18: Pansy travelling east in the ultimate people carrierHEARTSEASEAAcross 19: Greek god to get aggrieved aboutEROSAAcross 20: Pennant showing king's aboard shipSTREAMERAAcross 22: Fling involving imam wanting a danceSHIMMYAAcross 23: Strip joints on timeDIVESTAAcross 24: 21 absorbing old poem - very, very oldPRIMEVALDDown 1: Speciesist caper involving degenerate hard-core 12 modelANTHROPOCENTRICDDown 2: Mourner, inwardly, oddly redolent of dogGOLDEN RETRIEVERDDown 3: Deceased bird in port, perhaps, on ship with no outlookWINDOWLESSDDown 4: Let down, having been so in riverDEFLATEDDown 5: Brief encounter with 19, giving kinky woman a hammam bath? Yuk!WHAMDDown 6: Criminal request to facilitate dropping on one's feet?STANDANDDELIVERDDown 7: See 5BAMTHANKYOUMAAMDDown 14: Medics pinching oriental beer joint's businessDEALERSHIPDDown 17: Province where influence secures ginSATRAPYDDown 21: Couple make the last moveMATE