The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 29th December 2000 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 29th December 2000. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: A mathematician keeping time with hospital as sequelAFTERMATHAAcross 10: Every man for himself: queue up at sixes ... and sevensSAUVEAAcross 11: See 10QUIPEUTAAcross 12: NB: spoil the queue for an audienceMARKYOUAAcross 13: Going steady? Let 'em 'ave it!ITEMAAcross 14: Thousand pound container for a pound in VeniceGRAND CANALAAcross 16: Bunting from Windsor to LancasterORTOLANAAcross 17: Mournful blend of gale and iceELEGIACAAcross 19: Ram in cherry tree maddened dog with energyGET-UP-AND-GOAAcross 22: See 3BEANAAcross 24: A large 'allo for King David's girlABIGAILAAcross 25: Work hard on lamb that was drowned?OPHELIAAAcross 26: Was father to request a time?BEGATAAcross 27: Group to get off when torched?SETALIGHTDDown 1: Good Friday: Banquo's army routed by lord of tavernMARQUISOFGRANBYDDown 2: Shrill in complaining of southern weaponSTRIDENTDDown 3: Environmentally friendly chap, a runnerGREENDDown 4: Supported by press, actors are impregnableCAST-IRONDDown 5: Witch doctor, not the genuine articleSHAMANDDown 6: They won't see the way to separate love from wealthOSTRICHESDDown 7: Creator of pilgrim sounding footsore?BUNYANDDown 8: 15 represent them in the case of landlord at shindigREPUBLICAN PARTYDDown 15: Peel off county and church and I would find Kipling's little giantELEPHANTSDDown 17: Means of hatching, for example, to put into barbarianEGGTOOTHDDown 18: 8, for example, has one that is goodly when revisedIDEOLOGYDDown 20: One of two, for example, turning up with a bit of conscience?TWINGEDDown 21: You will be surprised to hear as much?NOLESSDDown 23: See 15CHILD