The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 30th December 2004 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 30th December 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Die, though apparently healthy, after pleasure's withdrawnSNUFF ITAAcross 5: Soccer team briefly seen before end of term - it is freeMANUMITAAcross 9: Howard's End - little book for a nerdDWEEBAAcross 10: Al departed, therefore newspaper editor stayed temporarilySOJOURNEDAAcross 11: Sub rosa, flower is behind deskSECRETAIREAAcross 12: Part of a rounders gameFAROAAcross 14: One GI in real trouble as a soldierLEGIONNAIREAAcross 18: Bold sea cook creating something unknownACLOSEDBOOKAAcross 21: Island settler's first boatSARKAAcross 22: I have first of phone receivers - without changeFIVEPENCESAAcross 25: Green bins put out by green people?BEGINNERSAAcross 26: I get sad, losing my northern homeIGLOOAAcross 27: Apple, for example, served in three different ways may be listed on menuENTREESAAcross 28: Try to get flexible steel frame for construction kitLEGO SETDDown 1: Plays a dismal part, inflicting pain for pleasureSADISMDDown 2: In France one small company becomes an international organisationUNESCODDown 3: Material for story about modern composerFIBREGLASSDDown 4: Electrical engineer demanding meal without salt, oddlyTESLADDown 5: PM has the same doctor as a stewardMAJOR-DOMODDown 5: PM has the same doctor as a stewardMAJORDOMODDown 6: Lack of American intelligenceNOUSDDown 7: Duck a l'orange?MANDARINDDown 8: Young creatures fight back - no middle-aged Europeans!TADPOLESDDown 13: Publican's job is to provide compatible environment for Nag's HeadINNKEEPINGDDown 15: Piety rules in the galleryGODLINESSDDown 16: Fathers dark or fairPASSABLEDDown 17: There's nothing left? That's hunky-dory!ALL RIGHTDDown 19: What skinheads display on mountains - a pair of scissors?SCALPSDDown 20: Car key on desktop or tabletop?ESCORTDDown 23: Stand while catching fish? On the contrary!EASELDDown 24: Unknown author yielding nought to eastern queenANNE