The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 18th November 2019 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 18th November 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Infiltrate team prepared to stop father in FrancePERMEATEAAcross 9: Helicopter swiftly circling hospitalAPACHEAAcross 10: Trees with bark close to leavesBAYSAAcross 11: Priestly pouch given to queen told off outside entrance to abbeySACERDOTALAAcross 12: Husband leaving shore working in lighthouseBEACONAAcross 14: Rodent in museum put downMUSQUASHAAcross 15: Composer's bottom rejected by topless minxDEBUSSYAAcross 17: Ferryman carrying son nursed by old lovers to reach cult leaderCHARLESAAcross 20: Boat on cart returned to recycling facility?JUNKYARDAAcross 22: Money once made from fake tapes about SpainPESETAAAcross 23: Find cameo carved on crucifixCOME ACROSSAAcross 24: Streep finally gets to play Bond!PACTAAcross 25: Wild fire damaged churchFIERCEAAcross 26: Iron tree uprooted and set in a different positionREORIENTDDown 1: Lawyers talk of high winds in shelterLEGALESEDDown 2: Where soldiers may be caught leaving special unitsAMPSDDown 3: See 17MANSONDDown 4: Large committee admitted to small receptionWELCOMEDDown 5: PM once almost overlooked parliamentary record, ignoring new religious schoolMADRASAHDDown 6: Guides graduate at new university in over complex pointsMANOEUVRESDDown 7: Tricks won in clubs and hearts, without a kingCHEATSDDown 13: Rock star has cut of beef served with fruitCHUCK BERRYDDown 16: Women into bags wanting large fabric samplesSWATCHESDDown 18: Attractive husband leaving awfully nice thingENTICINGDDown 19: Put off by fuss about Japan's capital vesselADJOURNDDown 21: Universal lines taken from Shaping Trees written by Thomas MoreUTOPIADDown 22: Shepherd almost over hillPASTORDDown 24: Fastidious setter's following promising leadsPRIM