The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 6th November 2013 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 6th November 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Stir and sip mixed drinksSPIRITSAAcross 5: Penny's husband breaks a ton on motorway with Rolls-RoycePHANTOMAAcross 9: Perhaps Michael Vaughan's foot follows a leg breakANGELAAcross 10: Before a nut develops, lots of fruit, which may hang from treesORANGUTANAAcross 11: Passing old, green, family silver aroundOVERTAKINGAAcross 12: Oblivious to four notes?DEAFAAcross 14: Blowing air: most reed instrumentsRADIOMETERSAAcross 18: Banger car, with wrecked interior, crashed into treeFIRECRACKERAAcross 21: In France a syllable is unforcedEASYAAcross 22: Perhaps Berkeley's after a Liberal from one sideUNILATERALAAcross 25: Solving uses minor part of the brainSENSORIUMAAcross 26: Level playing fieldPITCHAAcross 27: Fleming's criminal organisation has secret design to seize powerSPECTREAAcross 28: Storm brews over ball game's lofty stageROSTRUMDDown 1: Dog had been bitten by pigSHADOWDDown 2: Fires one head over heelsINGLESDDown 3: Inability to grasp a pound? Conservative cuts tragic realityILLITERACYDDown 4: Leader of Kremlin admits mistake turning secret agentSPOOKDDown 5: Palin's touring production, which involves no embroideryPLAINWORKDDown 6: Retailer loses small shipARGODDown 7: Edward wraps square present, tied with strong string?TETHEREDDDown 8: Soldier is holding iron bar out in the openMANIFESTDDown 13: Old photographs and toys prefer recyclingFERROTYPESDDown 15: One dapper in fancy style of trouser?DRAINPIPEDDown 16: US crimes: very loud, seen abroad, wearing XXXL?OFFENSESDDown 17: Company submits reportsPRESENCEDDown 19: Author becomes cleaner with HR tradeWRITERDDown 20: Town where the meat's off?OLDHAMDDown 23: Luminously eyed Madagascan, usually ringed at the extremitiesLEMURDDown 24: It's buoyant, oddlyBOAT