The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 28th November 2013 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th November 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Plant containing plant fuelCOAL GASAAcross 5: Novel instrument ends in celestaREBECCAAAcross 9: M. Ali's conversion — was to this?ISLAMAAcross 10: See 22ANDTHUMBSAAcross 11: All may see the point, nothing to accomplish with unknown maverickUNORTHODOXAAcross 12: Some ship in portHULLAAcross 14: Kinky man with ten elves in bondageENSLAVEMENTAAcross 18: See 1 downINTERRUPTUSAAcross 21: Cool without water etcNEATAAcross 22: 10 usually handled carelesslyALLFINGERSAAcross 25: Expert waiting for someone prostrate in the trenches of northern France?SOMMELIERAAcross 26: Body's virtual middle (approximately)TORSOAAcross 27: Antipodean port's riot on the beach?DUNEDINAAcross 28: Following positive principle, I'm out of time rounding double bend, as a long-distance runnerYANGTZEDDown 1: Backing release from prison, cue ugliest extremists, doubly stir crazyCOITUSDDown 2: Song C, then ___ for spice?ALLYOUDDown 3: Article supporting a crossword setter in bloody competitive strategyGAME THEORYDDown 4: Hat has shifted right upSHAKODDown 5: Transmitter taking so long to receive mother in outskirts of RabatRADIOMASTDDown 6: Personal problem needs time for Danish physicistBOHRDDown 7: Visitor about to enter data sourceCOMPUTERDDown 8: Sheer muscles overcoming minstrel's invocation?ABSOLUTEDDown 13: Twitter feeding county working for old London boroughKENSINGTONDDown 15: Extra large number one wrote in Swiss townSQUILLIONDDown 16: Cyrano de Bergerac was playing God with IbsenBIGNOSEDDDown 17: Flipping Vietnam War T-shirt claims no heroSTRAW MANDDown 17: Flipping Vietnam War T-shirt claims no heroSTRAWMANDDown 19: Middle East city where live wire cuts all borders offBEIRUTDDown 20: See 2ISLOVEDDown 23: Extra large number?FORTYDDown 24: See 2NEED