The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 23rd November 2023 There are 17 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 23rd November 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Spooner's glimpse behind Spooner's obscuration?PEA-SOUPERAAcross 1: Spooner's glimpse behind Spooner's obscuration?PEASOUPERAAcross 6: Charming thing replacing British leader in PM once with leader in multimillionaireMOJOAAcross 8: Almost nothing that is absorbing moisture, initially, drying mixtureSODA LIMEAAcross 9: A jacket shortened, very hot?ABLAZEAAcross 10: Dog – spaniel?POODLEAAcross 11: Grating a third of cheese, why put on loose fragments?SCREECHYAAcross 12: Small red and white ratsSWINESAAcross 15: Good long periods after horse vaultsDUNGEONSAAcross 16: Mixture, potato served to Mennonites, but no starter?MISHMASHAAcross 19: Additional pair of letters for dictator?EXCESSAAcross 21: Where porridge tasted by European, but not an egg, sayGERM CELLAAcross 22: Left-leaning lefty, minister in speechVERBALAAcross 24: Fireplace, something cold or warm, then hotHEARTHAAcross 25: Still figures increase joining factoryWAXWORKSAAcross 26: Rock star bedding very old modelSTUNAAcross 27: Figure in biblical text inspired by head, powerful leaderPOTENTATEDDown 1: Image, digital fake by the sound of it?PHOTODDown 2: Drop a girdle overABANDONDDown 3: Green OBE?OLIVEDDown 4: Firstly, eagle drops after cuckoo leaps over the moonPLEASEDDDown 5: Tidy lower fieldREARRANGEDDown 6: Cross-country race?MALTESEDDown 7: Nonsense passes as expression of gleeJAZZHANDSDDown 13: Article in cereal, something to eatWHITE MEATDDown 14: Shuttle breaks with itSPACESHIPDDown 17: Ace of diamonds?HOME RUNDDown 18: One's idiotic hum?HALF-WITDDown 18: One's idiotic hum?HALFWITDDown 20: Corrupt board after business in Spanish cityCORDOBADDown 22: Very repetitive climax in Jimi Hendrix tune then, 'Foxy Lady'VIXENDDown 23: Joint investment in bank ledgerANKLE