The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st December 2023 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st December 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: ABC is primarily suitable, perhaps, for these?BASICSAAcross 4: Sewage initially disappearing after a flushAFFLUENTAAcross 9: See 22 DownSCOTIAAAcross 10: Corrupt Raja in middle India gets the lingo there?GUJARATIAAcross 11: Students getting job after good result of degree in lettersFIRSTCLASSPOSTAAcross 13: Playing our piano, starts to compose concerto for hornCORNUCOPIAAAcross 14: Beer drained by Republicans – it's bitter!BRRRAAcross 16: Bank official rings Head of EurobankREEFAAcross 18: Society dance which includes tango, say, for one throwing a ballSHOT PUTTERAAcross 21: In Minsk etc., so-so tours a problem for travellerMOTION SICKNESSAAcross 23: Corpulent friar's bound for confectionery storeTUCK SHOPAAcross 23: Corpulent friar's bound for confectionery storeTUCKSHOPAAcross 24: Three bananas, round or straight?HETEROAAcross 25: My hotel in Med resort in coastal routeCORNICHEAAcross 26: European country's sea unfortunately full of trashESPANADDown 1: Maybe Holly's husband stuck behind large vehicleBUSHDDown 2: Louder individual welcomed among rabbleSHOWIERDDown 3: Two lots of Greek letters containing a rhetorical deviceCHIASMUSDDown 5: Spat on celebs one caught promoting social inequalityFEUDALISTICDDown 6: Communicate false info about mafiosi, periodicallyLIAISEDDown 7: Volte-face from old chap in Parisian street entranceENAMOURDDown 8: Online commenter's weight has someone laughing about itTWITTERERDDown 12: Silly mesh hot pants for a consumer of garmentsCLOTHES MOTHDDown 13: Dealing with colour, check an artist like Turner eschews navyCHROMATICDDown 15: Around hostelry, suppose this may get drunkGUINNESSDDown 17: Alluring person's frenetic, topless dancingENTICERDDown 19: War god placed towards the top part of Roman decorationTESSERADDown 20: Little growth in Shanghai as no business is on the upBONSAIDDown 22: Not a single firm invested in huge capital returns in the Halifax regionNOVA