The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 20th November 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 20th November 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Soldier's plot to be a freeloaderPARASITEAAcross 5: Tory leader taking part in hunt is virtuousCHASTEAAcross 9: Offered and was inclined to embrace soldierTENDEREDAAcross 10: Block major road going through eyesore?STYMIEAAcross 12: Use up change aboard shipSPENDAAcross 13: Heave when swallowing fish supplementSURCHARGEAAcross 14: Be pessimistic about weather — frost is widespreadFEARTHEWORSTAAcross 18: Athletes wrongly appear to be the outstanding performersSTEALTHESHOWAAcross 21: No writer got into a row for a utensilTIN OPENERAAcross 23: Band of Greek publishersGROUPAAcross 24: Limit relationship with knightRATIONAAcross 25: Taro cooked — hunger for drugATROPINEAAcross 26: Vessel for a service in churchCARAFEAAcross 27: Master villain to suspend a meetingPROROGUEDDown 1: Pawn books when hospital supplies chemical compoundPOTASHDDown 2: Warden initially registered indignationRANGERDDown 3: Despatch spring flowerSPEEDWELLDDown 4: Confident Barbarian enters the fun of the gameTREASURE HUNTDDown 6: Drawback for coupleHITCHDDown 7: Rob's more awkward in a hatSOMBRERODDown 8: Fundamental principles of weatherELEMENTSDDown 11: Speaker keeps royal box for the organiserORCHESTRATORDDown 15: Miscreant forced Roger downWRONGDOERDDown 16: Store ice produced in secretESOTERICDDown 17: Smirk when taking in this month in IrelandLEINSTERDDown 19: Walk round Oxfordshire town is transfixingGORINGDDown 20: Spanish leaders present in provinceSPHEREDDown 22: Penny's covering evidencePROOF