The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 24th November 2016 There are 15 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 24th November 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Southerner rustling in a docked baa-lambALABAMIANAAcross 10: Outsider left not one sort of keyALLENAAcross 11: Generous drink moves right to the heartLARGEAAcross 12: Actor Tree's half-cut old Scotsman?TRAGEDIANAAcross 13: Refuse to be kept by lover, initially in wild surroundingsSALVAGEAAcross 14: Half-soaked people in this switched on tourist city?HIP BATHAAcross 17: Tree line to the west of oneROWANAAcross 19: Reverse-engineered molecule that might bind some solutions hereANDAAcross 20: Check temperature inside animalDETERAAcross 21: Punctuation mark 1-50-100 goes in frontPILCROWAAcross 22: Smear cold sulphate on new yellow topsCALUMNYAAcross 24: Pretentious greeting — fault corrected and acceptedHIFALUTINAAcross 26: Poet's streamsBURNSAAcross 28: Who's responsible for Alice Island?LEWISAAcross 29: Try to lance anaemic wound, being totally self-obsessedEGOMANIACDDown 1: Party nutBALLDDown 2: Bay City East entered in web addressLAURELDDown 3: Risk getting in migrant Near East paid workerWAGE EARNERDDown 4: Bear after it sees starsLITTLEDDown 5: Single-coated tree could do with scrubbing?UNWASHEDDDown 6: Speed pressure cardPACEDDown 7: One hoping for beneficial response, say, lacks the power to secure mail operativeCLAIMANTDDown 8: What we came to expect from de Gaulle after a whileANONDDown 8: What we came to expect from de Gaulle after a whileANON.DDown 13: Drinks to lift a bad moodSTROPDDown 15: Bald-pated, short, old cuckoo's a crafty thingPADDLEBOATDDown 16: Writer Grass takes drive upHARDYDDown 18: "Wit Offensive" on radio makes you grouse?WILDFOWLDDown 19: Nervously excited wife breaks into a laughATWITTERDDown 22: Gun swindle implicating Frank?CANNONDDown 23: Bird strike repelled canMARTINDDown 24: Well, say "Hello" vociferously!HALEDDown 25: See 27LISTDDown 27: Well, you shouldn't be on itSICK