The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd November 2016 There are 18 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd November 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Garment cherished, exactly fitting I seePETTICOATAAcross 6: Help us to get round OKSO-SOAAcross 8: Expressing desire, top kinky musical making a comebackOPTATIVEAAcross 9: Burrow oft hollow in partROOTLEAAcross 10: Start to yawn on a course, showing lack of interestAPATHYAAcross 11: Medical assessment most impoverished?SKIN TESTAAcross 11: Medical assessment most impoverished?SKINTESTAAcross 12: Tear back and forth as Dickensian protagonistPIRRIPAAcross 15: Nutty green apple finally getting shredded for cakeECOFREAKAAcross 16: Work on beach that is in US citySAN DIEGOAAcross 19: Duck I caught in the air recalled hunter's cryYOICKSAAcross 21: See 20SYLLABLEAAcross 22: Sensation of the East End, Barking, is it?BOW-WOWAAcross 22: Sensation of the East End, Barking, is it?BOWWOWAAcross 24: King Edward holds advanced position for scoutTALENTAAcross 25: Soldier with fury moving to the back or to the frontANTERIORAAcross 26: Home in one's treeNESTAAcross 27: Look back on nicer times, less hurt ultimately differentREMINISCEDDown 1: Father standing, he offers a salutation, its elements warmingPOP-UPDDown 2: See 1TOASTERDDown 3: Nursing cold, one doubled up lay disheartened, with very little warmthICILYDDown 4: Manage some poetry in the middle of poemOVERSEEDDown 5: Land — there's failure to include it within the borders of TurkeyTERRITORYDDown 6: See 24SPOTTERDDown 7: Necking drinks, pursue patterSALES TALKDDown 13: Silly saving last bit in doggy bag, upended regardlessIN ANY CASEDDown 14: Patriarch John squeezing alongside Protestant elderPRESBYTERDDown 17: Filth around capital in Louisiana, live American stripDILBERTDDown 18: Red chevron with flash clothing turning up like this, style for a bowlerOVERARMDDown 20: In a plain way, said like this clue?INWORDSDDown 22: Wearing something black for Halloween? Give us a twirl!BATONDDown 23: See 20OFONE