The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 5th December 2000 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th December 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Smart fuzz infiltrating infiltratorSNAPPYAAcross 4: Investor's holdings in punishmentSTOCKSAAcross 9: Gardener's enemy gets shotSLUGAAcross 10: Inspector's possibly true and mostly sincereSCRUTINEERAAcross 11: Stop for a b-breakARRESTAAcross 12: Gassed outside Luxembourg? He should have been 19ETHELREDAAcross 13: Encouraging discovery of nouveau riche suitHEURISTICAAcross 15: Pen circumventing a hindranceSTAYAAcross 16: 100 lines ? guidelines?CODEAAcross 17: Opposing King's Men on the battlefieldAGINCOURTAAcross 21: Goddess following pastor turned head of Toby BelchERUCTATEAAcross 22: Eg "William's Wisdom"?NORMANAAcross 24: Timid creature's derisive comment on new modulesFIELD MOUSEAAcross 24: Timid creature's derisive comment on new modulesFIELDMOUSEAAcross 25: Evacuate invalidVOIDAAcross 26: Eliminating odd characters from "Scooby-Doo, the Prairie"COYOTEAAcross 27: Left in a foul mood for Walton, perhapsANGLERDDown 1: Be profligate, returning records on impulseSPLURGEDDown 2: Make case for inclusion of star guest?ARGUEDDown 3: Drill fills up small coinsPESETASDDown 5: Irascible Tory losing heart but keeping scoreTETCHYDDown 6: Painter depicts a block in versesCANALETTODDown 7: Use crystal ball to secure bearing on landscapeSCENERYDDown 8: The core of Freud and Jung's precise analysis of a sanctimonious characterCREEPINGJESUSDDown 14: Dropped acid during demo, fundamentalist-fashionRADICALLYDDown 16: Jester's 1 ac 11 that's likely to be terminalCARDIACDDown 18: Old lady wrapping broken knee in clothNANKEENDDown 19: More willing to peg out in the backREADIERDDown 20: Two males mounting Alpine animalMARMOTDDown 23: Party or dance about 5REVEL