The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 29th November 2017 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 29th November 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Princess attached to rock stars in groupANDROMEDAAAcross 10: Subtle charm of a city for the nativesAROMAAAcross 11: Don't hold up surgeon, say, over one's workDROOPAAcross 12: Winter driving problem, a mixture of wind and frostSNOWDRIFTAAcross 13: Person who handles notes son kept in notebookCASHIERAAcross 14: Trade outside preserve of church dignitaryDECANALAAcross 17: Confused, as the Queen's Navee leader never wasAT SEAAAcross 19: Alternative to piece of cake as epitome of easePIEAAcross 20: Like some old Americans captured on film?INCANAAcross 21: Dreadful summer with minimal temperature — most oddRUMMESTAAcross 22: Works out what's 500 in twosDEDUCESAAcross 24: Composed arrangement for cello etc, then diedCOLLECTEDAAcross 26: Prepare to fire two or three, for instancePRIMEAAcross 28: Some features of a sitting roomSOFASAAcross 29: They produce pictures, as in pilot broadcastOILPAINTSDDown 1: Player's challenge? I sympathiseHARDDDown 2: Awful swindle turned up evidence of debtsODIOUSDDown 3: Transform from 27 to 1 as unusually polemic actCOMPLICATEDDown 4: No difficulty in this riddle, initially? Au contraire!TEASERDDown 5: Be amorous, giving ring with love in romantic light?CANOODLEDDown 6: Club, maybe, that footballer tries to avoidCARDDDown 7: Something tough, mostly appropriate, repeated about workNOPICNICDDown 8: Vehicle trapped by one tramcar after anotherCARTDDown 13: See 27CHAIRDDown 15: Awfully silly chap hiding bad mark in trivial taskCHILD'S PLAYDDown 16: See 1LINESDDown 18: Transform from 1 to 27 — second hint provided insideSIMPLIFYDDown 19: Request lowly worker to hold it up twicePETITIONDDown 22: State payment split by daughters for basic jobDODDLEDDown 23: Grave indications for dogsCAIRNSDDown 24: Discarded queen, perhaps, retaining spadesCASTDDown 25: Point ace secured in superlative finishEASTDDown 27: Academic sinecure? It supports one comfortablyEASY