The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 2nd November 2018 There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 2nd November 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Clear account and retireACQUITAAcross 5: Dashed after Euro-politician's returned for part of WalesPEMBROKEAAcross 9: Final episode unable to be shown regularlyEVENTUALAAcross 10: Editor behind contracted group pressuring castLOBBEDAAcross 11: Lip, bloody lip!BRIMAAcross 12: Player with little French put into cold changing roomCOMPETITORAAcross 13: Tense concerning 11ONEDGEAAcross 14: Male introduced to change rear part of motorCAMSHAFTAAcross 16: Female leading feeble corporal, perhaps, in danceFLAMENCOAAcross 19: Quiet woman, at heart excessively contrarySOOTHEAAcross 21: Eg, seat belt adjusted for six-footerSTAG BEETLEAAcross 23: Star having first of her five a day?VEGAAAcross 24: Game, part of it inspiring local backsTENNISAAcross 25: Cock-up — general initially missing part of motorway complexSLIP ROADAAcross 26: Man's man possibly wiser to go without wife across countryISLANDERAAcross 27: Unctuous Farmer George given a piece of cakeGREASYDDown 2: Info often enclosed, giving indemnity to landlords?COVERINGLETTERSDDown 3: Anonymous nude man sculptedUNNAMEDDDown 4: Club's empty restaurant served up meal without starterTRUNCHEONDDown 5: Controversial European music putting US offPOLEMICDDown 6: Nutmeg's run into by learner — called AA initiallyMILNEDDown 7: Refuse two bachelors, one in hasteRUBBISHDDown 8: Sign by restricted area, advice to those in rehab?KEEPOFFTHEGRASSDDown 15: Gathering has to take only its fourth callMUSTERINGDDown 17: Mum putting a bloke in the shadeMAGENTADDown 18: Our best buckles not so smartOBTUSERDDown 20: Front of brochure primarily poet's workOBVERSEDDown 22: Relaxed dressmaker turning up in odd placesEASED