The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 14th November 2012 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 14th November 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Trapping a number cruncher, jailing oneCAPARISONAAcross 8: Boatman's swallowed a number of coinsMONEYAAcross 9: Metal cruet's unsavoury effects on flavourTINCTURESAAcross 10: A number (not quite 10) held in vulgar shelterSIXTYAAcross 12: It's still not quite Saturday (in short, a weekday)STATUEAAcross 13: One sent off to sea: "Sir, my condition is poor"EMISSARYAAcross 16: Wattles and clay antedate concrete in architecture's structural originsACACIASAAcross 19: Euro rebuilt around community twice starts to rise by chance againREOCCURAAcross 22: A number may be vulgar about right wingFRACTIONAAcross 25: Old German took seat from Spooner, where we'd say Kiss Me QuickSUN HATAAcross 25: Old German took seat from Spooner, where we'd say Kiss Me QuickSUNHATAAcross 27: Seven odd numbers, not including 7EVENSAAcross 28: Russell Brand's estranged wife, perhaps †SEX SYMBOLAAcross 29: A number of birds often found on restaurant walls?FLOCKAAcross 30: Irrational number is a means to go deeperSUBMARINEDDown 1: Irrational number in former times crudely labelled CatholicPAPISTDDown 2: A number of disaffected Roman Catholics don't use "shalom" in lettersNARCOTICDDown 3: Think of a numberFIGUREDDown 4: Anticipate what anticipates 5D say?FORESEEDDown 5: Numbers of parrotsCOPIESDDown 6: Perhaps a permit to speak?LETTERDDown 11: 7 in 8 hold the next number?NINEDDown 14: Mysteries revealed in Five Go Off In A Caravan novelARCDDown 15: Even my dear solver's somewhat vulgarYERDDown 16: Boy solves "22 minus 2nd of 3rd"ALFDDown 17: See 14ANADDown 18: A number backing political allianceAXISDDown 20: Tenderly taking care of a number at asylum, initially a larger numberCONAMOREDDown 21: An innocent nun? Strangely that's (on the surface) masking a bad exampleINGENUEDDown 23: Rise up, my dear, rise up and take the leadREVOLTDDown 24: They question motives behind arrests following vice reportCYNICSDDown 25: Seed, sperm etc: initially there's no differenceSESAMEDDown 26: Number 1: multiplyAMOUNT