The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 7th November 2013 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 7th November 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Delivery man at the doorBOUNCERAAcross 5: Demonic spirit in political opponents, one detailedINCUBUSAAcross 9: Old component for modern worksOP ARTAAcross 10: Second question for old newspaperBACKISSUEAAcross 11: Add an embarrassing mid-life performance?DADDANCINGAAcross 12: Fifty boards to stick downGLUMAAcross 14: Putting off green, child has us beatenRESCHEDULINGAAcross 18: A pop sensation, no two ways about it!ONEDIRECTIONAAcross 21: One joining the bankTIERAAcross 22: Where atheists might look to steal love, as mischievousUPTONOGOODAAcross 25: Crooked letters in long title misplacedILL-GOTTENAAcross 26: Start due, no middle thoughDEBUTAAcross 27: Beast who's thuggish or evil in silverback?GORILLAAAcross 28: Left back, meanPORTENDDDown 1: Flaming, as redBLOODYDDown 2: Headless cockroach, say, with a place in AfricaUGANDADDown 3: Fare traditionally served as ticket held in kind of poetic justice, ultimatelyCOTTAGE PIEDDown 4: Something to restore, because it's an old instrumentREBECDDown 5: Performing as oneIN CONCERTDDown 6: See 19CH'INDDown 6: See 19CHINDDown 7: Rocky, as in seaBASALTICDDown 8: Wise to buttonhole crew for long-gone train timesSTEAMAGEDDown 13: Letters in an anagram are so not working!OUTOFORDERDDown 15: Needlewoman sees Manx cat biting Manx cat biting cat's tailCLEOPATRADDown 16: Quiet thus, vacuum won't startSOOTHINGDDown 17: Eating heartily, scoff as setter, perhaps?JEWELLERDDown 19: Facial feature two inches out?DOUBLEDDown 20: Probing of Milibands by computers, censoredEDITEDDDown 23: Confess that was painful joke (not written down)OWN UPDDown 24: Sweet assFOOL