The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 5th November 2021 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 5th November 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: A waste of time with empty beer glass, nothing to drinkPOINTLESSAAcross 6: Metal brackets in case for instrumentFIFEAAcross 8: Gymnastic feat where champion hit the roofBACKFLIPAAcross 9: Failing to push for resultUPSHOTAAcross 10: Extraordinary student I observed in classGENIUSAAcross 11: Same fur wound around friends initially warming couple?EARMUFFSAAcross 12: Complex way to end communication?HANG-UPAAcross 12: Complex way to end communication?HANGUPAAcross 15: Very old cardinal put on clothesSTONE AGEAAcross 16: Keep something hideous, pornographic magazines perhaps for online literary creation?HOGWARTSAAcross 19: Tex-Mex food for another journey, it's tacos apparently for startersFAJITAAAcross 21: Work on hand, one caught between stools?MANICUREAAcross 22: Cutting hem back, I see a soft fabricMOHAIRAAcross 24: Protest: gather it is audible?PICKETAAcross 25: How to get tips for cooking equipmentTURNSPITAAcross 26: Tip of little finger sliced off, blackINKYAAcross 27: What inspires remarkably popular leader of community totallyEVERY INCHDDown 1: Conference seeking reconciliation, where seeds may develop in conversation?PEACEDDown 2: Suspicion understood by ruthless fictional species on being abandonedINKLINGDDown 3: See 1TALKSDDown 4: See 16EXPRESSDDown 5: Flat out, prepare for a fightSQUARE OFFDDown 6: Crack one with line did you say?FISSUREDDown 7: Fracas kicking off if hot dog thrown about?FOODFIGHTDDown 13: Love affair within a limitADORATIONDDown 14: Good player after women times header in effortless turnPIROUETTEDDown 17: See 23WHISKEYDDown 18: Dear little couple supporting societySWEETIEDDown 20: Throne issue for PM and POTUS?JOHNSONDDown 22: Fish with second fishMORAYDDown 23: Girl over here about to quickly mix drinkIRISH