The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 13th December 2004 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 13th December 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wheel oilCASTORAAcross 5: First-class student to provide the final touchCAPITALLAAcross 9: A winter kit without it? StrangeKNITWEARAAcross 10: Churchgoers guarding priest's remainsRELICSAAcross 11: What the crafty bounder kept?ONEJUMPAHEADAAcross 13: Endless danger for a fairyPERIAAcross 14: They're used by writers and poets for revisionNOTEPADSAAcross 17: New venture to captivate grand Russian writerTURGENEVAAcross 18: Japanese play the Spanish in seasonNOELAAcross 20: One in favour of the classicsPERSONA GRATAAAcross 23: Subject for concernMATTERAAcross 24: Philby seen in the fieldTHIRDMANAAcross 25: Instrument of the lawRECORDERAAcross 26: Gives up the struggle with cropsYIELDSDDown 2: One covering end of chin in spotsACNEDDown 3: Leaving a permanent impression on somebodyTATTOOINGDDown 4: Staggered, but got in lineREELEDDDown 5: One of the great all-roundersCIRCUMNAVIGATORDDown 6: Animal in roles that offer limited protectionPARAPETSDDown 7: Harrowing, quixotic charge Henry makesTILTHDDown 8: Their union offers securityLOCKANDKEYDDown 12: Create pure chaos, but improveRECUPERATEDDown 15: With bowl, manage to begPANHANDLEDDown 16: Turn and sneer when trappedENSNAREDDDown 19: Reason for raising money in stateSANITYDDown 21: Start to fightSET-TODDown 22: Settled one in a small apartmentPAID