The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 24th October 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 24th October 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Newspaper employee, one courting a woman - bed's involvedSUBEDITORAAcross 6: Take part in a game on a Spanish beachPLAYAAAcross 9: Polish societyCULTUREAAcross 10: A Parisian, one in favour of male in distinctive clothesUNIFORMAAcross 11: One way of settling a tie on the spot?PENALTYSHOOTOUTAAcross 12: A leader beforeAHEADAAcross 13: Heads off to capture prey, possibly like an owl?SHARP-EYEDAAcross 15: Forthright ditch workerTRENCHANTAAcross 17: Unviable idea I abandonedNOTONAAcross 19: What one might quickly digest during elevenses?COFFEE-TABLE BOOKAAcross 21: Odd brew in a watering holeWINE BARAAcross 22: Social worker working with one old Italian chapANTONIOAAcross 23: European with wife is stuck inside vesselSWISSAAcross 24: Site of former naval dockyard, here, strangely, in Southern Scottish lochSHEERNESSDDown 1: Extremely smarmy chap, not devious, as Uriah Heep, saySYCOPHANTDDown 2: Graduate, boy with emotional stabilityBALANCEDDown 3: One may carry passengers up and downDOUBLEDECKERBUSDDown 4: Extremely small number round the East End of cityTEENYDDown 5: Pebbled surface of wall, uneven and thrown togetherROUGHCASTDDown 6: Malicious missive from worried opponent, sterilePOISONPENLETTERDDown 7: Excuse made by heartless guy after a gameAPOLOGYDDown 8: Recognise and let inADMITDDown 13: Slovenly types in test snarl alarminglySLATTERNSDDown 14: Teachers round outskirts of Thirsk - at present they're undecidedDONTKNOWSDDown 16: Important fellow that is over to employ two females with purposeEFFENDIDDown 18: Soundly beat counter when upsetTROUNCEDDown 19: Conglomerate's head is in debt in the Isle of WightCOWESDDown 20: Brother, expert with hand toolBRACE