The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 18th November 2008 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 18th November 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Hardly rocket science, underwear lacking rein for adjustmentNO-BRAINERAAcross 10: An official guide to seatingUSHERAAcross 11: Bit end of pie/pastyWHITEAAcross 12: Beowulf-like, enter rocky point above the source of upheavalEPICENTREAAcross 13: River circling once fashionable isleSHEPPEYAAcross 14: Level unit releasing large bird of preyTIERCELAAcross 17: Anything put in house, like a teach-yourself guideHOWTOAAcross 19: Recording over gulping duck's "quack"DOCAAcross 20: Jolly unpleasant woman has Rex yielding to pressureHAPPYAAcross 21: Given to retirement party almost lacking spaceBASHFULAAcross 22: Stone artist's classicSTLEGERAAcross 24: Perhaps oily street scene trader initially has Superman accessoryTOWNSCAPEAAcross 26: Tom very low, seeing Buzz in grip of bacterial diseaseTHUMBAAcross 28: "Dense grass by ditches black!"DOPEYAAcross 29: Early arrival's announcement before start of untitled short musical pieceIMPROMPTUDDown 1: Cocaine bagged up - way over the topSNOWDDown 2: Make love, live to be around 51 - grand!OBLIGEDDown 3: Impervious to RAF power groundWATERPROOFDDown 4: Tending to react to irritating feature in snitchSNEEZYDDown 5: Freud-like, say, sit it out in electrical dischargeARTISTICDDown 6: Christmas solvers will vociferously change the written word "heavenwards"YULEDDown 7: Brandished cape with waveWHITECAPDDown 8: Political loyalist gets straight downTRUEDDown 13: Title: "Henry Enters Bent Over"SAHIBDDown 15: Former wife Henry VIII beheaded: country gives a sighEXHALATIONDDown 16: Crossword setter's hen party ending in physical upheavalLAYERDDown 18: Car cleaning mechanism happened to be hot with current applied to power energyWASHWIPEDDown 19: When forced, admit harbouring man by a coastal strip of landDALMATIADDown 22: Rather drippy, grabbing top of ledge, ready to drop offSLEEPYDDown 23: Cross borne by George Smiley, extremely protective of backGRUMPYDDown 24: See 6TIDEDDown 25: Bean-type, say, falling about, having a ballSOYADDown 27: See 8BLUE