The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 25th November 2014 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 25th November 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Heading away from perils, knowing crew would be thankful for thisLIGHTSHIPAAcross 6: Cavalry getting thin time on recallTROOPAAcross 9: Old bird pens going spare, distributed with energyPASSENGER PIGEONAAcross 10: See 23NAILAAcross 11: One of 4 divisions, 6 failing to start before stormQUADRANTAAcross 14: Man seeking apprentice, they say, to thresh cropSUGAR BEETAAcross 15: Stranger used to feed livestock without using forceODDERAAcross 16: Dock, wiping sailor's browRIDGEAAcross 18: Utopian plan son's told tales aboutIDEALISEDAAcross 20: Sign the French display on motorway?MILEPOSTAAcross 21: Passionate duck ignores duck of another kindAVIDAAcross 25: Man from party carried me to ball, transformedLIBERALDEMOCRATAAcross 26: Dim working dog departs for far side of ranchDUSKYAAcross 27: By implication, some not quite exuding calm?RESTFULLYDDown 1: Garden flower left out of bed at homeLUPINDDown 2: Dashes up cracking joke, struggling for breathGASPINGDDown 3: Pretty-pretty birdsong abruptly terminatedTWEEDDown 4: Two ways to express love for authorHUGODDown 5: Took a spin, arranging trip with short detour around SpainPIROUETTEDDDown 6: Like couple in final clue touring large part of the globeTHIRD WORLDDDown 7: Currency linked to half of continent a key part of problemOPERANDDDown 8: Envisaged a Parisian coming in as I quit flatPUNCTUREDDDown 12: Political affiliation of naive type?GREEN PARTYDDown 13: What might make spaniel run from Labrador, perhaps?PENINSULARDDown 14: Conservative wittered on after Socialist leader took offSCRAMBLEDDDown 17: French scorer was first up — digs not goodDELIBESDDown 19: Quite a few leavers distraughtSEVERALDDown 22: Tenor replaces middle bit of risqué songDITTYDDown 23: Scotsman's swallowed up by one marine creature or anotherSEASDDown 24: Remove a couple of fellows after a partyDOFF