The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 5th November 2020 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 5th November 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: See 15MORIARTYAAcross 9: See 2AWAKEAAcross 10: Sequence from The Cameraman rewound for clubMACEAAcross 11: Appear lately to be untruthful in report?LIEINSTATEAAcross 12: The Invader's leader lost, missing the Italian beersLAGERSAAcross 14: Next hopeless job candidate, parts of bio absent, not hired at lastADJACENTAAcross 16: Is livid to watch The SapheadSEETHESAAcross 18: Material United Artists may argue lacks global appeal, missing their premieresAMALGAMAAcross 21: A cook embraces pepper crust methodAPPROACHAAcross 23: Just a rotation in a cropBARELYAAcross 24: Balanced matches, playing soccer where clubs cut grass backSCOREDRAWSAAcross 26: Sell hard One WeekHAWKAAcross 27: Try South Africa, as briefly suggestedESSAYAAcross 28: Articles drawn from Cairo and Tehran read back in persuasive speechRHETORICDDown 1: Till unlimited crop etc, save waterROTAVATEDDown 2: Conscious of beginning with conception, then aftermathWIDEDDown 3: Offensive posters prompted by promenade cyclingTROLLSDDown 4: Part of our Channel diplomacy’s ending again, amid shifting blameLYMEBAYDDown 5: Pest from the West: part of picture, one about BoatmanPAINDDown 6: Railcar put in motion — not at all like The GeneralPARTICULARDDown 7: See 23KEATONDDown 13: Submit reward for audience initiativeENTERPRISEDDown 15: Not a fan of Sherlock Jr — or my aim, it is not true!JIMDDown 17: Venerable in middle ageERADDown 19: Admits every wrongdoing involving heartless outlawALLOWSINDDown 20: Old readers embracing comic art at The Playhouse?THEATREDDown 22: Steamboat Bill once passed after ending up with King Edward’s crown on boardPACKETDDown 23: Funny rebuke about person who did good work a hundred years ago, a comic geniusBUSTERDDown 25: What you’ll see in a diary, regularly ending in darknessDAYSDDown 26: Try for goal, not starting to laughHOOT