The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th November 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th November 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Film valet Valentino sackedNATIONALVELVETAAcross 9: Song and dance about university retirementROUNDELAYAAcross 10: Flat race leader dropped out of very fastVAPIDAAcross 11: Horse and cart back to front? It’s monstrousHYDRAAAcross 12: Cheese straw’s started to become old hatSAGEDERBYAAcross 13: Passed open hole all rightOVERTOOKAAcross 14: Mongrel incorporating a new genetic variationMUTANTAAcross 17: Party right to the end in Tennessee barTAVERNAAcross 19: Open club in 2011, if club then not openSANDWICHAAcross 22: Fellow in RAF wrote about what he took part in?WAREFFORTAAcross 24: Toke finally taken from joint? Pass on to anotherREFERAAcross 25: Wrong road for the mountainSINAIAAcross 26: Language from bridge player shortly to end up in one club doubledICELANDICAAcross 27: Very angry son goes off filmBLAZINGSADDLESDDown 1: Oddly no new direction for bygone film?NORTH-NORTHWESTDDown 2: Bowl along right round North Dakota lakeTRUNDLEDDown 3: Painting interior of woman’s extensionOLD MASTERDDown 4: Hint of troubled soul in LAALLUSIONDDown 5: Part of the gay Ovidian’s uphill journeyVOYAGEDDown 6: Furious little girl wearing hatLIVIDDDown 7: Stores spread around Rome and Pisa, not opening SundaysEMPORIADDown 8: Film girl going up and down rising river on a Chester outingADAYATTHERACESDDown 15: Roughly a hundred keeping name secretUNDERHANDDDown 16: Growths worrying Kate and RoseOAKTREESDDown 18: Italian city lights, initially hypnoticVERONALDDown 20: Disbeliever took the initiative, providing part of UK’s upturnINFIDELDDown 21: Poet no expert in advertisingMOTIONDDown 23: Fine hotel for a catFRITZ