The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th November 2009 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th November 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Work during break, caught out in fallacious argumentSOPHISMAAcross 5: Locations of pus reportedly won't budgeINSISTSAAcross 9: Yen squeezed by reverse drop in liquid growthPOLYPAAcross 10: Mad course for a climber?UPTHEWALLAAcross 11: Tend to have quiet craft, being a "creature of the drink"NURSE SHARKAAcross 12: Naval centre has Star Wars character nursing dicky tum (nothing inside)DARTAAcross 14: If roughness refined, one might (fancifully) do 22 25 assisted by 11?SURGEONFISHAAcross 18: Critical agent, right, has all possible tour bus passengers going toplessREPROACHFULAAcross 21: Snake's back, catching tip of sun, showing very attractive spotAONBAAcross 22: Aspiration doesn't start with shares actionsOPERATIONSAAcross 25: Mostly those things one imbibes initially in pubIN THE MAINAAcross 26: Daisy, the US TV series shrink?COWERAAcross 27: Clay knocked out here, minutes before LA trip fixedMARLPITAAcross 28: Woman fronting once trendy home support for frogs?LILY PADDDown 1: Drink and drink, with absent, laid-back styleSUPINEDDown 2: Almost washed out, go miserablePALTRYDDown 3: Fancy imitationIMPRESSIONDDown 4: See 12MOUTHDDown 5: One page introduction to book?INTERLEAFDDown 6: See 24SEEDDDown 7: Maniacs casually imbibing last of Scotch of dealer in spiritsSHAMANICDDown 8: Story about being in cast, exhibiting spotsSPLOTCHYDDown 13: Reasoning from the bottom line holds back a cityANALYTICALDDown 15: London pride possibly generated by factory at Gibraltar?ROCK PLANTDDown 16: Being as roaming's out …ORGANISMDDown 17: … she's had no match as a PR exponent?SPINSTERDDown 19: Pop style P&O deal possibly mountedDOO-WOPDDown 19: Pop style P&O deal possibly mountedDOOWOPDDown 20: One has way with free girlASTRIDDDown 23: Like a kidney bean's tip stuck in concreteRENALDDown 24: Notice about people of Westminster taking end from coarse fishermen's baitHEMP