The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 8th December 2004 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th December 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: More than is required for six deliveries?OVERCAPACITYAAcross 8: Betrayal on switching parts to do well as traderOUTSELLAAcross 9: A doctor with elan, perhaps, describing a glandADRENALAAcross 11: The other side's said to be batting in that placeTHEREINAAcross 12: Popular person anticipated for breakfast?GOOD EGGAAcross 13: Leader abstaining in vote for grantALLOTAAcross 14: One to expect confidently to be an investmentUNIT TRUSTAAcross 16: The rambling society natter is unyieldingRESISTANTAAcross 19: Smooth to and froLEVELAAcross 21: Note chap in reserves returning determinedADAMANTAAcross 23: Pity about the small piece left offREMORSEAAcross 24: Pieces of film in middle of reel showing darkeningECLIPSEAAcross 25: Scruffy mite grasps the alphabet to make impressionIMITATEAAcross 26: Play time?TWELFTH NIGHTDDown 1: The rebuilt AA motel's popular in ScotlandOATMEALDDown 2: People in TV without vision coming up for oxygen, sayELEMENTDDown 3: To which "plant" can allude, possiblyCALENDULADDown 4: Crash is a pain? About rightPRANGDDown 5: A sort of cover where foreign vehicles enter ...CAR PORTDDown 5: A sort of cover where foreign vehicles enter ...CARPORTDDown 6: ... or is this the appropriate cover?TONNEAUDDown 7: Senior linesman?POET LAUREATEDDown 10: Doubtful railway supporter easily brought round?LIGHTSLEEPERDDown 15: Twisting irons into a plant shapeINTORSIONDDown 17: Take in regulations set up at baseSWALLOWDDown 18: Cutter changing places on lakeSCALPELDDown 19: Voting decisively without power, taking all things togetherLUMPINGDDown 20: Exceptionally, rain gets into tank: not normalVARIANTDDown 22: Sentimental time for bird soundTWEET