The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 23rd November 2018 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 23rd November 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Book was wrong about current state of some treesBERRIEDAAcross 5: Information is inspiring French art creationGENESISAAcross 10: It's black and pink, lacking resistanceCOALAAcross 11: Dash back before crossing forbidden Silk Road for oneTRADE ROUTEAAcross 12: Zinc or rocky mineral in crystal formZIRCONAAcross 13: British-American sign said: "Coach Line"BUSQUEUEAAcross 14: Building material makes smoother soundSANDSTONEAAcross 16: Quarryman's key picked upMINERAAcross 17: Practicable round safety deviceOFUSEAAcross 19: A paper nobody backs maintains run for some timeAFTERNOONAAcross 23: Bismuth has to turn red, perhaps piebaldBICOLOURAAcross 24: Tell bishop, not priestRELATEAAcross 26: Don't read enough to be a locum?UNDERSTUDYAAcross 27: Unknown mineral long agoYOREAAcross 28: Send for treatment here, after he falls off bikeRECYCLEAAcross 29: Contestant receives surgery for disorderENTROPYDDown 2: Bizarre objects, each full of toxic compoundEXOTICADDown 3: Corporal remains Roman Catholic priest at heartRELICDDown 4: Former Tory leader in court is dead and goneEXTINCTDDown 6: Stevenson's written about stillEVEN SODDown 7: In Brussels, book into sprawling developmentEVOLUTIONDDown 8: Gatecrash lewd independent theatre firstINTRUDEDDown 9: Period yielding 10 addled brain? Of course!CARBONIFEROUSDDown 15: Find nightclub deadDISCOVERYDDown 18: Dodgy dealer rings excellent potteryFAIENCEDDown 20: Peer that follows just after the startEARLY ONDDown 21: Rock formation exposed by harvestOUTCROPDDown 22: Ancient 3 fellow East German leftFOSSILDDown 25: Liberal philosopher's bedLAYER