The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 1st November 2018 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 1st November 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fleet Street's original old man about to do wrong and injure a lawyerSPANISH ARMADAAAcross 10: One reportedly made secure investment choice?UNIT TRUSTAAcross 11: Type of dressing essential for burnSINGEAAcross 12: Pressgate?CROWDAAcross 13: Where rest of ham never returned during wedding party?GREENROOMAAcross 14: Mischief-maker follows a game liveANIMATEAAcross 16: Sweet bread hot around LuxembourgSTOLLENAAcross 18: Related couple dance round in churchCOGNATEAAcross 20: Meets regularly in wooded valley estateDEMESNEAAcross 21: Inconvenience of one new wee chair?INCOMMODEAAcross 23: Good porridge rejected, if US versionGRITSAAcross 24: One dressed in black: flipping stoned mourner?NIOBEAAcross 25: Lobby against sporting blue tiesVESTIBULEAAcross 26: Dog, having cocked up leg in street, keeps quietENGLISH SETTERDDown 2: Infecting one's leg with iodine — and, sadly, no GP aroundPOISONINGDDown 3: Famous day school? On the contraryNOTEDDDown 4: Arms raised and leg bent to get comfy?SNUGGLEDDown 5: Current Hair cast memberACTRESSDDown 6: Give fake news to schoolgirl, say?MISINFORMDDown 7: Sorry, I can't help you up on horse firstDUNNODDown 8: Wife, not daughter, has arranged a discount, going round sales with lowered pricesDUTCHAUCTIONSDDown 9: Illness caused by bug — one given various names by the FrenchGERMAN MEASLESDDown 15: A batter collecting runs, cricketer WarnerALARM BELLDDown 17: Dog bitten by dog and bone gets fatigueLASSITUDEDDown 19: Goes round topless, then maturesEVOLVESDDown 20: Clothing medic top and bottom in scrubs?DRESSESDDown 22: Top part of grid in empty columnCROWNDDown 23: Corny stuff in act Sir Galahad served upGRIST