The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 28th December 2004 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 28th December 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Lover about to seduce one in charge of the screamersSUBEDITORAAcross 6: Vessel, one hollowed outCANOEAAcross 9: Taxing time when Ford loses leadership at fiftyAPRILAAcross 10: Regular payment about due cut off and made this, due to lack of work?REDUNDANTAAcross 11: Dissenting Christians cheer wildly, entering something warm, cold and hotFREECHURCHAAcross 12: Mum has binoculars - scram!SHOOAAcross 14: Stand connects to machine partSTOMACHAAcross 15: Horror actor swallows a smoke which is greenLEAFAGEAAcross 17: Bit of a coincidence proving a handful during parole, drunkOVERLAPAAcross 19: Observe little change in cricket, perhapsINSPECTAAcross 20: Male spy left unseenCOCKAAcross 22: Transport for tutor at RADA?STAGECOACHAAcross 25: One's innings brought to an end after this deliveryEXECUTIONAAcross 26: Large percentage of mankind I assume here?INDIAAAcross 27: Ring king's given to little girl, literallyKNELLAAcross 28: Hat where information about novice homosexual bishop collectedGLENGARRYDDown 1: Workers given stickSTAFFDDown 2: Steal away: snatch up non-touching itemBARGE POLEDDown 2: Steal away: snatch up non-touching itemBARGEPOLEDDown 3: Many politicians wish they were so gorgeousDELECTABLEDDown 4: Time in firm completedTHROUGHDDown 5: As more than one spoke about end of rhetoric, progressiveRADICALDDown 6: 101 under 99?CONEDDown 7: Welsh town requests orderly for hospitalNEATHDDown 8: Gregarious old dog enters raceEXTROVERTDDown 13: Hurried dismissal is going throughRANSACKINGDDown 14: Logical thinker bags century in the testSPOT-CHECKDDown 16: Great bloke, a tragic Greek admitting kissALEXANDERDDown 18: See 23PETTINGDDown 19: Unsophisticated woman's indulgent session eating all food available, but no startersINGENUEDDown 21: French dish in rise of 1%CREPEDDown 23: Domesticated elephant can start to giggle, given exciting exploratory operationHEAVYDDown 24: Queen Mary's bottomHULL