The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 30th November 2016 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 30th November 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Hanky-panky king breaking bank, say?MONKEY BUSINESSAAcross 8: Might one secure horse, or look to inhale dope?LASSOAAcross 9: Good Lord is mercifulGRACIOUSAAcross 11: City where bird's docked after brief tackNAIROBIAAcross 12: Cleaner artist succeeding, having wiped rearKLEENEXAAcross 13: Dressing I love, head in lint, best bandagesAIOLIAAcross 15: More likely to bounce back, more like May might you say?SPRINGIERAAcross 17: Starter despatched, desserts fresh out of the oven in range of slugsRIFLE SHOTAAcross 20: Marvellous computer screens generating interest, initiallyMAGICAAcross 21: Tremendous battle, lost cause, never endsMONSTERAAcross 23: Architectural feature I see in European cityPORTICOAAcross 25: Swimming in state, contents of bath swallowedNATATIONAAcross 26: Refuse drink, very strongCHAFFAAcross 27: Capital turned over by Hollywood actor, hero getting cheersTHANKSAMILLIONDDown 1: Other half of worryingly immature plan?MELANIATRUMPDDown 2: Welcomed back by enemies, industrious Japanese AmericanNISEIDDown 3: Save someone nice, shelled in errorECONOMISEDDown 4: Villain escaping justice punched by Women's Institute, important peopleBIGWIGSDDown 5: Kiss moneySMACKERDDown 6: Knowing little, one impressed by church bodyNAIVEDDown 7: Involved in fraud, one in five not looking straight?SQUINTINGDDown 10: Sucker, one no longer in love with farm worker?EXTRACTORFANDDown 14: Romantic composer in many cases sounded ahead of baroque composerOFFENBACHDDown 16: Digital manicure shaped tip of fingernailNUMERICALDDown 18: Leading woman, Queen Sturgeon's back in Scottish teamHERNIBSDDown 19: Name of a place where Cruise, say, is about £25TOPONYMDDown 22: Ultimate in American wit, a funny authorTWAINDDown 24: Porcelain from Hiroshima, right?IMARI