The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 14th November 2014 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 14th November 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Contentious issue with which to juggle?HOT POTATOAAcross 10: Director has dismissed head of schoolARROWAAcross 11: Good to join the dots, then picture finally showing European cityCOLOGNEAAcross 12: Old sultan unfortunately recalled racketSALADINAAcross 13: Why might the earth have moved, when soft testicle on cat stimulated?PLATEAAcross 14: Pink boxes opening, showing materialCORPOREALAAcross 16: Pet silencer working fast — that should keep the little pests awayINSECT REPELLENTAAcross 19: See 13TECTONICSAAcross 21: Military vehicles go fast, stopping abruptly reversing past bird, say?JEEPSAAcross 22: Cheerful as a golfer?CHIPPERAAcross 23: Wrong skill shown by a backing singerSINATRAAAcross 24: See 18FENCEAAcross 25: Bring about fifty in to Asia, cute batsACTUALISEDDown 1: Reported European drug smuggling in Charlie, for instance?CHECKPOINTDDown 2: Nail in strips put up in English citySTALBANSDDown 3: Try to look, as a searcherGOOGLEDDown 4: See 8LAKEDDown 5: Business partners, a hundred strip off for the recruitsCONSCRIPTSDDown 6: Bird sees sign beginning to wobble in terrible galeEAGLEOWLDDown 7: Connection in which hands held?BRIDGEDDown 8: White to satisfy clothes for Covent Garden favouriteSWANDDown 14: Queen wearing bra, I suspect, among endless goods one's handled in a shopCARRIER BAGDDown 15: Hedonist, after crossing river, gathering thoughts, initiallyLOTUS-EATERDDown 17: Someone in the casino, one upset about nothing, winningCROUPIERDDown 18: A criminal charged? That's shocking!ELECTRICDDown 20: Customer from the East invested in the same on wood?CLIENTDDown 21: The capital of a US state? Have you any idea, roughly speaking?JUNEAUDDown 22: Strike off this, it's unplannedCUFFDDown 23: Written in visa, temporary stuffSATE