The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 2nd November 2016 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 2nd November 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Do well, taking fee back from 35THRIVEAAcross 4: … interrupting calls from Spain providing source of oilOLIVESAAcross 9: Calm resulting from savage having leader overthrownMILDAAcross 10: Dancers on stage refrain, in partCHORUS LINEAAcross 11: … between two states, a state that borders TexasMEXICOAAcross 12: ie a floor redesigned for wing, sayAEROFOILAAcross 13: Unintentionally revealing carrier, in essenceBETRAYINGAAcross 15: Plant 9, first reduced by 50%, finally by 90%DILLAAcross 16: Sign of don intermittently showing intelligenceINFOAAcross 17: Ace faces wild animals, not a good ideaAMUGSGAMEAAcross 21: Midpoint of Romeo and Juliet on radioNOVEMBERAAcross 22: High-class crew returned, having lost little timeDE LUXEAAcross 22: High-class crew returned, having lost little timeDELUXEAAcross 24: Musical system that can be revised for solo, in factTONIC SOLFAAAcross 25: One over eight, in front of a jointCOXAAAcross 26: Tips about the writer making changes for the betterEMENDSAAcross 27: Points, one repeated, about sex and sins, in a wayENVIESDDown 1: Exhaust my energy crossing river in rowing boatTRIREMEDDown 2: … under way, disposing of old bonesRADIIDDown 3: Win against one Conservative after anotherVICTORYDDown 5: … dividing 50 euro mislaid in museumLOUVREDDown 6: … being dishonest about condition — that's insultingVILIFYINGDDown 7: For daytime viewers, alternative to watchSUNDIALDDown 8: Starting with 16 down, they're found in 9 and on 7ROMANNUMERALSDDown 14: … gripped by broken feeler, turned back on itselfREFLEXIVEDDown 16: Brendan at least provided more money, apart from tipsIFORONEDDown 18: Accursed Englishman's midday companion going up NorthGODDAMNDDown 19: … in line for joining up, Brazilian dancesMAXIXESDDown 20: Humbled since caught in a plotABASEDDDown 23: Left duo holding check for fare from ChinaLICHI