The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st December 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st December 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Where, not before time, accounts may be keptBEHINDTHECLOCKAAcross 9: Spiritual guides in the film industryDIRECTORSAAcross 10: Sudden impulse to produce cotton fabricDENIMAAcross 11: False notions in article on Lido schemeIDOLAAAcross 12: Eglantine tumbling in clumsy fashionINELEGANTAAcross 13: Wild clan raid on pillar of the churchCARDINALAAcross 14: Live on others when drunkSPONGEAAcross 17: Bird allowed inside pubLINNETAAcross 19: Instrument for getting firm out of rotten messCORNETTOAAcross 22: Expression silver worker used for brawling womanTERMAGANTAAcross 24: Dickensian danceTWISTAAcross 25: Took a picture showing animal in AfricaOKAPIAAcross 26: Snaps done badly may have medicinal effectSENNAPODSAAcross 27: Rough sketch showing an officer?GENERALOUTLINEDDown 1: Unsuccessful editor's complaint?BADCIRCULATIONDDown 2: Bar members taking time out for shelterHARBOURDDown 3: Fruit providing a delicious beverage in the orientNECTARINEDDown 4: Hot redhead in localTROPICALDDown 5: Time to help make a stern choiceEASTERDDown 6: Wild dog found in the French beaver's homeLODGEDDown 7: To hold back is not unusual in a murdererCONTAINDDown 8: Personal predilection in art or dietAMATTEROFTASTEDDown 15: Keen physical education entrant, perhapsPENETRANTDDown 16: Percentage paid for brown colour in a flowerCONTANGODDown 18: Manage to rise above tear about having to tell a taleNARRATEDDown 20: Journey to phoney oil townTRIPOLIDDown 21: Artisan endlessly turning out decorative inlay workTARSIADDown 23: Priestly garb worn by French friend at churchAMICE