The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd November 2012 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd November 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Resemble King Edward, say, squeezing fake bustTAKE AFTERAAcross 6: Union strikeCLUBAAcross 8: Half-baked bread out, becoming hardOBDURATEAAcross 9: Turn on a river, one that's great?AROUSEAAcross 10: Schmuck wearing jacketJERKINAAcross 11: A very wide, short, winding path for a vehicleDRIVEWAYAAcross 12: Rat artist's dropped as held in trapBAD EGGAAcross 15: Toms Cruise, Selleck or Courtenay, but ___ I don't want them!NOTHANKSAAcross 16: See 2SANDWICHAAcross 19: Item of furniture's pedal wrapped in wireCOFFEEAAcross 21: Rosary cursed then? Go on!BEADEVILAAcross 22: Whale's ear boxed by princess, brieflyBELUGAAAcross 24: Mouth of Nile beside separate riverSEVERNAAcross 25: Misshapen genitals, funny things?TAGLINESAAcross 26: Bowl over, balls knocked backSTUNAAcross 27: Lark about with the milkman, perhaps?EARLY BIRDDDown 1: See 19TABLEDDown 2: A snack attack, you might say?KNUCKLEDDown 3: A political victory as beforeAGAINDDown 4: Squash tournament's ending — turn to the next chapter?TREAD ONDDown 5: On a record, one C naturalREALISTICDDown 6: What's produced by injection into stuff, endless diseaseCHOLERADDown 7: Björk finally launches new releaseUNSHACKLEDDown 13: Wonder when a former prison staff toilet's openingAMAZEMENTDDown 14: Child out of venison, Grace cooking beefGRIEVANCEDDown 17: Forgery gets good long time for offenceDUDGEONDDown 18: From which one draws solace at first under Labour leader (among other misfits)HOLSTERDDown 20: Film director dropped in upright characterFELLINIDDown 22: Vehicle that's diseased, you might say?BUGGYDDown 23: In the end smoking grass produces strong desireGREED