The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 16th November 2007 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 16th November 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Time is central to stable datumSTATISTICAAcross 6: Minister's no nit-picker over expenditureMISERAAcross 9: Thong gets privates in a twistSTRAPAAcross 10: Mother country's hellDAMNATIONAAcross 11: Bird having drink on another boatMEADOWLARKAAcross 12: 7's opening draw from packSTOWAAcross 14: Rosettes produced in colour that gets chap fired upTESTOSTERONEAAcross 18: Gunner can be taller in armyARTILLERYMANAAcross 21: Bung is a large amount given overSTOPAAcross 22: Liverpool's head scaled oneRED SNAPPERAAcross 25: Successful ploy to trap insect with a large fruitCANTALOUPAAcross 26: Faint sign there's change of heart for courtSWOONAAcross 27: Nation's pain captured in filmEGYPTAAcross 28: Sign that responsibility was once shoulderedEPAULETTEDDown 1: Seed houses a meaty bitSESAMEDDown 2: A woman in another countryABROADDDown 3: Suggest covering binder in an unsuitable wayIMPROPERLYDDown 4: Boy, it's up and running in and outTIDALDDown 5: Avoiding 22 that's light of colourCAMERASHYDDown 6: Sound of crew receiving nowt?MOANDDown 7: Points to potty one holding gobSPITTOONDDown 8: Famous place to get divorced quickly then married around noonRENOWNEDDDown 13: Footballers' curse satisfied by Gunners dropping 2 pointsMETATARSALDDown 15: So person controlling match gets nothing right by end of gameTHEREFOREDDown 16: Overwhelming service winner from such rank beginner's acceptedMASSACREDDown 17: Legal representative for exposed top generalATTORNEYDDown 19: Odds on big defeat start to growSPROUTDDown 20: Feel distaste at toll collected by churchCRINGEDDown 23: Colour copies holding one upSEPIADDown 24: Quickly fixedFAST