The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 16th December 2003 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 16th December 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Seafood without rooster won't be finishedCOCKLESAAcross 5: Tube vehicle backed into one article and anotherTRACHEAAAcross 9: A cinema movie's not bloody enoughANAEMICAAcross 10: Check fly, perhaps, having caught end of zipINSPECTAAcross 11: Criminal has to serve one's timeDISHONESTAAcross 12: Dance with male during refrainSTOMPAAcross 13: Dance, its Latin origin centralSALSAAAcross 15: Yes I can, yet both sides dubiousCERTAINLYAAcross 17: Infer anger by prisoner? The military mightFIREPOWERAAcross 19: Dance with beat and vitalityTANGOAAcross 22: Dance in rowBRAWLAAcross 23: A letter P's compound, potassium compoundSALTPETREAAcross 25: Dance a Greek character passed roundLAMBADAAAcross 26: Well, just ask!SOLICITAAcross 27: 6 heading off returning for meal, almost fullREPLETEAAcross 28: Model also interrupting drink, don't show for dateSTAND-UPAAcross 28: Model also interrupting drink, don't show for dateSTANDUPDDown 1: Dance with hideous scar, down upCSARDASDDown 2: Vilified child supporters accepting endless praise left after having wordsCLAUSALDDown 3: Dance second, something stretched roundLIMBODDown 4: A higher lower?SACRED COWDDown 5: Dance with RickTWISTDDown 6: Brown Tony's leader? Under the fool one's secondASSISTANTDDown 7: Dance? They say we did with topless dress!HOEDOWNDDown 8: Check when one's gone past you, having come to griefAUTOPSYDDown 14: Concerned with second opinion, awfully pale, keeping quiet, then deadAPPELLATEDDown 16: Caught dodging racist slur about countrymenRURALISTSDDown 17: Nameless bone in substance virtually like anotherFIBULARDDown 18: Having lost our way, might this be useful in Jerusalem?ROAD MAPDDown 20: Spotted, though lacking decorationNOTICEDDDown 21: Dance with love at home to recordONE-STEPDDown 23: Dance with Arab, saySHAKEDDown 24: Dance with DotPOLKA