The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 20th November 2023

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 20th November 2023. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Trickster handy with a card
AAcross 9:	Had been to take boat trip for Christmas cheer
AAcross 10:	More inquisitive about one getting extra rowdy
AAcross 11:	Arrangements one may be reduced to
AAcross 12:	How does the decimal system work? I have concentrated
AAcross 13:	Instrument made in red and orange, strangely
AAcross 14:	Tall thin plank you cut down
AAcross 15:	A pair of bishops at scripture, one wearing a mitre perhaps
AAcross 17:	Muscle that might make chins pert? Yes and no
AAcross 20:	Gangster carrying gun round, warning to get out
AAcross 22:	Revive Frenchman with whiskey
AAcross 23:	Pretended son played badly
AAcross 24:	Run a short fiddle in cases of meat
AAcross 25:	Long lost texts found mixed up in local addresses
DDown 1:	Electricity essential for this working meal?
DDown 2:	Lack of two principal characters ruining scene
DDown 3:	After tea say took charge of games as coach perhaps
DDown 4:	Coming to see one's vocation
DDown 5:	Pine not turning up: it's worth thousands of pounds
DDown 6:	Bulb working – something positive, possibly
DDown 7:	Subversion headed off in issue of book
DDown 8:	Bugs a crew precisely dealt with
DDown 14:	Secure dog perhaps in vehicle
DDown 16:	Angry pub scene results in hail of missiles
DDown 17:	Wife on horse, as it were, has to wrap up
DDown 18:	Be very busy, certain to hitch up something off the shoulder
DDown 19:	Thin wrapping can frustrate
DDown 19:	Thin wrapping can frustrate
DDown 21:	Directed media to reform