The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th November 2021 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th November 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bob dreads pageboy?HAIRDOSAAcross 5: Dish in sink captured by Turner in picturesLASAGNAAAcross 9: Forced Pat to hurry to catch American stage showMADAMEBUTTERFLYAAcross 10: Recipe with the last word in noodlesRAMENAAcross 11: Doctor Dickens et al snubbing English lecturers?MORALISTSAAcross 12: Time to block low ball in sporting eventMOTOCROSSAAcross 14: Piece of cheese, say, and starter from wine listWHEELAAcross 15: Red ruby uncovered and held by JohnCUBANAAcross 16: Egotist from South America thus raced backNARCISSUSAAcross 18: How crow and dove move perhaps or fly sky high?EYERHYMESAAcross 21: Replayed service absorbing lots of timeRERANAAcross 22: Determined about reaching the top, property tycoon means to be heardSPEAKING TRUMPETAAcross 23: Idiot and nonchalant revolutionary in old kingdomASSYRIAAAcross 24: Strippers stagger around clutching nether regionsNUDISTSDDown 1: Low sound on beat failing to generate excitementHUMDRUMDDown 2: Suffering onset of 'twisties' and Simone Biles shows resilience!INDOMITABLENESSDDown 3: Party with little quantity of beer is in orderDOMINICANDDown 4: Scrubbing away a sea sponge secretionSEBUMDDown 5: Diversification of retailers is certainly no larkLATERISERDDown 6: Foppish fellow also losing headSWELLDDown 7: Sports gear, if set out, is a sporty adornmentGOFASTERSTRIPESDDown 8: From the deep area near a lake entered by shipABYSSALDDown 13: Being a lush country with no king after one failsOENOMANIADDown 14: Way to get a kitty cat plumpWHIP-ROUNDDDown 15: Drink bottles different in clubCHELSEADDown 17: Tempting figure's about to eat doughnut piecesSONATASDDown 19: One rambling old US leader appears in 60 MinutesHIKERDDown 20: What you can see in bars, turning up for attackSET ONDDown 20: What you can see in bars, turning up for attackSETON