The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th November 2015 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th November 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Old engine or senior machine's heart renovatedIRON HORSEAAcross 10: Some berries in Cognac inimitable!ACINIAAcross 11: University a challenge, Aussie PM virtually admittedHARVARDAAcross 12: Small card: unusual being after Christmas — time to open itNOTELETAAcross 13: Drunk at Cornell swigging last of Lambrusco — something necked at college?ETONAAcross 14: Something soft and rich confined to one's memory?DOWNLOADEDAAcross 16: Cooler way back, his home infernally hotOLD NICKAAcross 17: Vulgar and pretentious Conservative, wary of clothes to wear?KITSCHYAAcross 19: Princeton University finally cracking the art of codingENCRYPTIONAAcross 22: Insult sounds like ugly rumour, for startersSLURAAcross 24: Socialist left consumed by nonsense, that isBOLSHIEAAcross 25: Bottle shown by jollies thus in retreatTHERMOSAAcross 26: Lowest point, "bottom" defining it?LEASTAAcross 27: Portrayal that's flipping dark in France, stop it being screenedRENDITIONDDown 1: Save the giblets to stew, some joint being eatenTIGHTEN ONE'S BELTDDown 2: Mould odorous around top of willow treeSOURWOODDDown 3: Better to keep gas affordableCHEAPDDown 4: One's frustratingly stuck with this crossword design on Yale?GRIDLOCKDDown 5: University atop flagPENNONDDown 6: Fly opening for universityDARTMOUTHDDown 7: Asked to pay, when cryptically laid up?BILLEDDDown 8: Third failing to be accepted by Brown here for annual award?BIRTHDAY PRESENTDDown 15: "Free Willy": man having penned it blamelessLILY-WHITEDDown 17: A great weight lifted, boat ultimately secured by man, tying up ropeKNOTTINGDDown 18: University in the country, say?COLUMBIADDown 20: See 13COLLARDDown 21: Article on report, no way speculationTHEORYDDown 23: Dawn's bum and hipBEGIN