The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 2nd November 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd November 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sexy French female with naughty child entering town hallHOTELDEVILLEAAcross 8: Warning to pull in behind docked boat crew?OARSMENAAcross 9: Where Harry learnt to lose weight — hard for society artistHOGARTHAAcross 11: Small bit of anatomy, such as Spooner's Manx cat has?TOENAILAAcross 12: One line in translated prose, a giveaway of what's to comeSPOILERAAcross 13: Get rid of one's skinCUTISAAcross 14: For instance, worker in business producing plantEGLANTINEAAcross 16: We're told to record a metre as aid to calculationLOGARITHMAAcross 19: Belt keeping sailor's clothing in orderHABITAAcross 21: Wife's exposed buxom rival with no heartUXORIALAAcross 23: River 51 miles west of two othersLIMPOPOAAcross 24: Leaving hospital, crook hastened to city areaEASTENDAAcross 25: Backer of women's lib regretted trapping rodentsGERBILSAAcross 26: Commentators use it to take exception to score, at least in gymPRESENT TENSEDDown 1: Doctor rising in haste dressed with extreme energyHARDESTDDown 2: Pets — little ones catching mice, oddly advancedTOMCATSDDown 3: Most needing company switched tellies onLONELIESTDDown 4: "The last shall be first" in the aforementioned spirit of the ageETHOSDDown 5: Native close to joining argument in pubINGROWNDDown 6: German siren from tradition that is left overLORELEIDDown 7: Pronounced lordly customs, such as those at Kew engage in?HORTICULTUREDDown 10: Ploughing thus removes a small mammalHARVEST MOUSEDDown 15: In it one should see see batter and jamLAMPLIGHTDDown 17: Cruder nurseryman preferring small son to wifeGROSSERDDown 18: They'll try to seize article within bikers' graspRAIDERSDDown 19: Sportingly, Ruth often got this housekeeper's job done?HOME RUNDDown 20: Toxic element turning up in seawater is molybdenumBROMINEDDown 22: Somewhat appalled, one's tempted to strayLEDON