The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 14th November 2011 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 14th November 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Organise strike that will achieve aim unerringlyDIRECTHITAAcross 8: Conduct British bandBRINGAAcross 9: Winning by rendering defenceless?DISARMINGAAcross 10: Fish appeared to be offSMELTAAcross 12: They involve a shift in one's beliefsFAITHSAAcross 13: Hold a show trialREHEARSEAAcross 14: Major transaction sarcastically acclaimed!BIG DEALAAcross 17: He's unpopular, having dismissed the actorsOUTCASTAAcross 20: Scotsman has his brief moment of masculine gloryMACHISMOAAcross 22: Managed football team without love for autocratic foreignerFRANCOAAcross 24: They guide southern sailorsSTARSAAcross 25: Fairy with opportunity for looking aroundPERISCOPEAAcross 26: He sculpted man embracing girlRODINAAcross 27: Purge has racist componentsCATHARSISDDown 1: Note article cannot be reducedMINIMADDown 2: Started out lateDEPARTEDDDown 3: Must fix rider's wooden legsSTUMPSDDown 4: Soldier's stood up girl and married woman abroadSIGNORADDown 5: Misdeed on a battlegroundCRIMEADDown 6: Snail, say, is about to show determinationANALYSISDDown 11: It became youTHOUDDown 15: Idleness seen at workINACTIONDDown 16: In addition a number's coming to zeroALSODDown 18: Opening lines in courtCHANCERYDDown 19: Odd name for gang leaderFOREMANDDown 21: Horse on hire, having been brokenHEROINDDown 22: Escape of fifty during battleFLIGHTDDown 23: A round game, perhapsCUP TIE