The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 29th December 2004 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 29th December 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Fat can be misleadingPORKYAAcross 10: Trigger-happy cowboy?ROYROGERSAAcross 11: Politeness not unknown to an intriguing ladyCOURTESANAAcross 12: 1 laid off in 1ILIADAAcross 13: Turn to welcome a tragic visitor to CyprusOTHELLOAAcross 15: It's to be used with breakdown of powerTOWROPEAAcross 17: Attacks of wind sometimes starting in the bellyGUSTSAAcross 18: Jack turns renegadeTARAAcross 20: Drink to a virtuous characterTOASTAAcross 22: Unable to right wrong which is not clearly definedNEBULARAAcross 25: It's not, they say, something of mineGORDIANAAcross 26: Rib on this bomb is going to be expensiveCOSTAAAcross 27: Guantanamo guards working to US terror modelTORTURERSAAcross 30: It's about even and found in OhioCLEVELANDAAcross 31: Fruity trystsDATESDDown 1: Unusually abridged piece of literatureEPICDDown 2: Anything found in doctors' dosesDRAUGHTSDDown 3: Crew said it's likely to be passed at ChiswickEYOTDDown 4: John is before WalterPRESCOTTDDown 5: Ugly duckling?CYGNETDDown 6: Winter coat could be additional to shortsTONIC WATERDDown 7: The same set-up applied to company doctorMEDICODDown 8: Editorial self-reference by newsman is not new ...USEDDDown 13: ... his paper is well notedORGANDDown 14: Plate for a retailer's inducementLOSS LEADERDDown 16: John, a student in collegeELTONDDown 19: Anger about long-established clothing industryRAG TRADEDDown 21: Workers gather fruit for foodALIMENTSDDown 23: Horned hound?BASSETDDown 24: Drum beat with a palmRATTANDDown 26: Concerns of a clownCOCODDown 28: Language about road bendsURDUDDown 29: Waistband seen in a windowSASH