The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd November 2007 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd November 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Society housed in one accommodating place or anotherHOSTELAAcross 4: The chair to criticise following a difficult situationJAMPANAAcross 9: Shortcut to get a place in N. FranceBRIEAAcross 10: Audience constrained - unable to get out!HOUSEBOUNDAAcross 11: Drug to treat patients foregoing exercises?STATINAAcross 12: Fisherman's item reverting to a story about catch initially is just a feelerTENTACLEAAcross 13: Type with motor tested in measurements of visionOPTOMETRYAAcross 15: Fish expertsDABSAAcross 16: No time for coffee long delayedLATEAAcross 17: The only one in a suit wearing a vest?SINGLETONAAcross 21: Lie in mag is wrong in sending out the messageEMAILINGAAcross 22: Turned radio on electrician's last orderORDAINAAcross 24: Doesn't do well - not as a ruleMISGOVERNSAAcross 25: This way of walking's way out, they sayGAITAAcross 26: In this place is an unknown contrary opinionHERESYAAcross 27: The formal document's explosive, making one squirmWRITHEDDown 1: Kind of car difficult to be seen on parkingHARDTOPDDown 2: Passed time as a writer in a waySPENTDDown 3: Endlessly cheer Ann, possibly producing boostENHANCEDDown 5: Silver about in e.g. undergoing change, appearing elderlyAGEINGDDown 6: Right entrance, we hear, for producePROPAGATEDDown 7: Puzzle plan leaving one confused in the mindNONPLUSDDown 8: He doesn't catch it. But will he later?BUTTERFINGERSDDown 14: Oxford University device for setting off in a boatOUTRIGGERDDown 16: Clumsy slip chum corrected without complianceLUMPISHDDown 18: Food merchant, say, with excess fatGROSSERDDown 19: Plant sustaining crude oil found in the rocksOLIVINEDDown 20: Riddles concerning lady being held by the Secret Intelligence ServiceSIEVESDDown 23: Figure what to do with the plotDIGIT