The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd November 2011 There are 14 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd November 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Legislator's fabulously manly bass enthrals little girlASSEMBLYMANAAcross 9: National flower's characteristicsNATURESAAcross 10: Tempestuous at heart, I'm about to preside over chaos …MISRULEAAcross 11: … am person ultimately prone to uncontrolled ribaldryEARLY BIRDAAcross 12: Perfect merchant?IDEALAAcross 13: May perhaps be middle-of-the-road?TREEAAcross 14: Broadcaster perhaps pronounced French city's name the English wayMARSEILLESAAcross 16: Biotechnology's revolutionary view of carbon in man and beastERGONOMICSAAcross 19: Alternately lance and drain noisome boilsACNEAAcross 20: Knocking back Rennies, mostly in privateINNERAAcross 21: Calamitous combination of wind and frost causing winter hazardSNOWDRIFTAAcross 23: Volunteer soldier, one who endeavours to protect Her MajestyTERRIERAAcross 24: "Pardon me!", I asked, regularly breaking vowPROMISEAAcross 25: Answer to clue? It's easy, but it causes small waveletsLIGHT BREEZEDDown 1: Top lawyer and doctor natter on eagerlyATTORNEY GENERALDDown 2: Sharp, like a rock in the Channel?SARKYDDown 3: Sicilian city renames Sinatra's houseMESSINADDown 4: Greek letters could make sheepish youngster rebelliously glumLAMBDASDDown 5: Inflammation primarily found in maternal breastsMASTITISDDown 6: In clue I use novel cryptic definition: "Large plate, small portions"NOUVELLE CUISINEDDown 7: Patient numbersANAESTHETISTSDDown 8: Describing endless Latvian bestseller in translation as "aesthetic literature"BELLES-LETTRESDDown 15: At last you can see necromancer call up deadUNERRINGDDown 17: Male American tailless otter mounting semi-aquatic rodentMUSKRATDDown 18: Guillotine revolutionary leader in police custodyCROPPERDDown 22: Get lost, Lorna!DOONE