The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 2nd December 2020 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 2nd December 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Comedian taken in by old Americans working togetherINCAHOOTSAAcross 10: What a surprise, mother sounding so savouryUMAMIAAcross 11: Mistake if Ireland abandons this African nativeGIRAFFEAAcross 12: Variation in same key will make it really darkEYE MASKAAcross 13: Harmony is essential to lounge suite's styleUNITYAAcross 14: Obviously in the wrong when returning gifted wineRED-HANDEDAAcross 14: Obviously in the wrong when returning gifted wineREDHANDEDAAcross 16: Decimal-based code embedded in old tabletsTEN COMMANDMENTSAAcross 19: Understand when I seem confused about routeEMPATHISEAAcross 21: Black bishop captured in stratagem to move more materialSABLEAAcross 22: Silly sort bearing crownAIRHEADAAcross 23: What timber merchants offer for revised trading termsNEW DEALAAcross 24: Old style readers enjoy these rather obvious openingsRETROAAcross 25: Come back as Nigeria is regeneratedRISEAGAINDDown 1: Large nudist dancing removes article — and gets put outDISGRUNTLEDDown 2: Insect offspring devouring core of rising taprootSCORPIONDDown 3: Your leader supports action to make capital that's dubiousSHIFTYDDown 4: A few invest nothing in a common kind of enterpriseSOMEDDown 5: Finish replacing information in a discipline showing effective controlASCENDENCEDDown 6: Not enthused by abstract mural surrounding gardensLUKEWARMDDown 7: Look over firm without starting false rumourCANARDDDown 8: Cooler trouser cutNICKDDown 14: They wanted to stay, but accept democratic surplusesREMAINDERSDDown 15: Theme park reportedly doesn't go down in Scotland?DISNEYLANDDDown 17: Exact time when sentence endsON THE DOTDDown 18: One doesn't react, for example, in Eugene O'Neill's pieceNOBLE GASDDown 20: Endless number admire bandit at seaPIRATEDDown 21: Broadcast Derby? Big deal!SOWHATDDown 22: A gang losing wide piece of territoryACREDDown 23: Curious how system creates stemNOSY