The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 21st November 2008 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 21st November 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: A semi built in new land is what women go forLADIES' MANAAcross 8: Treading on them shows contempt from start to finishCORNSAAcross 9: Historic work journal?BOOK OF JOBAAcross 10: Control of leading character in soapLEVERAAcross 12: Withdraw treatment for a leperREPEALAAcross 13: Everything is misrep-resented in revuesUNIVERSEAAcross 14: Certain time before cancellation ...ERASUREAAcross 17: ... so there's time for what's leftTHERESTAAcross 20: To confront wolves, say, could save one's skinFACE PACKAAcross 22: Fame of salesman with outback transportREPUTEAAcross 24: Young maiden Falstaff's follower takes to the localNYMPHAAcross 25: Peaceful corner for spirited company?STILL ROOMAAcross 25: Peaceful corner for spirited company?STILLROOMAAcross 26: Clerical award for dubious merit?MITREAAcross 27: Time 18 took year off as a writerTHACKERAYDDown 1: Writer damages toecapCAPOTEDDown 2: One is better out of itSICKNESSDDown 3: Smart fuels could be of benefitUSEFULDDown 4: Flamboyant style of love on boardBAROQUEDDown 5: Poet on "The Ancient Mariner"POPEYEDDown 6: Manner of much of 5's depiction of opposites?INVERSESDDown 11: Darkness is almost upon usNIGHDDown 15: Dreamy perhaps before nine, but it sets laterREADY-MIXDDown 16: Proportion of fire appliances cutREAPDDown 18: One may provide a record in outbreak of terrorREPORTERDDown 19: Score up above is inadequateSKETCHYDDown 21: Politician in Ireland, once BritishEMPIREDDown 22: Electric terminals removed and carelessly leftRELICTDDown 23: More perhaps wrestling with maths - but there's nothing in itTHOMAS