The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 4th November 2010 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 4th November 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Gold ring in lounge with paper maybe not far from …LOOROLLAAcross 5: … spa lacking lustre put under drier?BATH MATAAcross 5: … spa lacking lustre put under drier?BATHMATAAcross 9: Call number — does it exist?VISITAAcross 10: Way of taking insulin — not in beer — for the more mature ladyBLUERINSEAAcross 11: Top answer changed about — changed radicallyREVOLUTIONISEDAAcross 13: Black rhyme for Greene's coloured boyINKYAAcross 14: Merrymaking before other things that are sad and drearyFUNEREALAAcross 17: Science involving force with CID's many changesDYNAMICSAAcross 18: Missing conclusion to 1 down's 4sLOSTAAcross 21: Contrasting duo tilt wrong way — tilt has Gerald in troubleLITTLEANDLARGEAAcross 23: Big trouble when played for fun underground?MERRYHELLAAcross 24: See 26DRAWNAAcross 25: Stunned and a bit withered insideTASEREDAAcross 26: Extreme variance — ††† (pictured)DAGGERSDDown 1: Nothing and none 18 between those at 26 24LOVEDDown 2: Unlike those at 26 24, opens letters — a monarch callsONSPEAKINGTERMSDDown 3: Hobson gave one no work and nothing in cashOPTIONDDown 4: New is old at workLABOURDDown 5: It turned into flowers, having no time to shopBOUTIQUEDDown 6: Sitting astride horse, say, with lots of people aboutTHRONGEDDDown 7: One called to defend Hamlet from seeing car, it may beMINISTEROFGRACEDDown 8: Surveyor's report of the more unusual illuminationTHEODOLITEDDown 12: Suffering from as much vertigo as possible is commonly too muchGIDDYLIMITDDown 15: Boss me about — stratagem? I'm not sureEMPLOYERDDown 16: Transmit over cliff to get meat for stewSCRAG ENDDDown 19: A theologian was in front? That's badADDLEDDDown 20: Poodle (but it isn't) turning up as heavenly friend?LAPDOGDDown 22: America's responsibility?ONUS