The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 1st November 2012 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 1st November 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A month's work for one with noted garden?OCTOPUSAAcross 5: The nifty Melodic Artisans, famed dance music group …ACADEMYAAcross 9: … rejected old instrument for entertainment in pub …DARTSAAcross 10: … old entertainment in pub? It sounds extremely fineEXQUISITEAAcross 11: See 5OFSTMARTINAAcross 12: Cart reversed in enclosed spaceYARDAAcross 14: Visual aid in test centre's fixed after expression of regretSIGHTSCREENAAcross 18: See 5INTHEFIELDSAAcross 21: Young person regularly reading The BeanoTEENAAcross 22: Casual remark from old working class about Labour leaderPLEASANTRYAAcross 25: Back always taken away, it's said, without difficultyREELEDOFFAAcross 26: Christian dropping right in it? What a plonker!IDIOTAAcross 27: Problem with little one entering arenaSTADIUMAAcross 28: Boat with less ballast?LIGHTERDDown 1: Do up medal with name more or less given?ODDS-ONDDown 2: Rely on installing hard driveTHRUSTDDown 3: Do overhaul assemblyPASSMUSTERDDown 4: Beast to move in the desired directionSTEERDDown 5: In a court stop Capone getting offACQUITTALDDown 6: Like taking wings offAKINDDown 7: Record company charges Umm al-Quwain 17 with 27EMIRATESDDown 8: Knuckling under is not hardYIELDINGDDown 13: I can get ski resort to provide winter sportICE SKATINGDDown 15: Curry with little flower in restaurantGRILLROOMDDown 16: Birds very cold at the polesBITTERNSDDown 17: What's briefly noted in sketchbook and similar itemsETCETERADDown 19: Precise police officer leaving areaSTRICTDDown 20: Native, possibly, in the shadeOYSTERDDown 23: Crummy tool keeps fouling up at firstAWFULDDown 24: Fairy getting some Yorkshire pudding to risePERI