The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 17th December 2007 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 17th December 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: High Command?TALL ORDERAAcross 10: Convenient for Hungary's bordersHANDYAAcross 11: Mother strangely sweet on famous film-starMAE WESTAAcross 12: Churchman gets a pass, yet goes astrayACOLYTEAAcross 13: Addle-pated fellow who ought to know betterADEPTAAcross 14: Guns of a size worth orderingHOWITZERSAAcross 16: Thunder from a clear sky is something unexpectedBOLTFROMTHEBLUEAAcross 19: Nurseryman's guarded forecast about hawthorn?MAYFLOWERAAcross 21: A possibility of power?MIGHTAAcross 22: I daren't exchange one car for anotherTRADE-INAAcross 23: Possibly married one who thought a lot of anotherADMIRERAAcross 24: Shelter behind me in an affrayMELEEAAcross 25: Have a mind to have a partyENTERTAINDDown 1: Its owner gains impressions of many countriesSTAMP ALBUMDDown 2: A bloomer - a miserable clanger!BLUEBELLDDown 3: Hospital notes doctor finds reliableHONESTDDown 4: Correct rise in currentEDITDDown 5: Bathers do it if they can't stand swimmingTREADWATERDDown 6: Accelerator or choke?THROTTLEDDown 7: Enemy Zulu leader going round causing fermentENZYMEDDown 8: Sort lettersTYPEDDown 14: Showed complicity after outlaw misledHOODWINKEDDDown 15: Grew silent, becoming too hot to talkSWELTERINGDDown 17: Hesitated to have the key changedFALTEREDDDown 18: Injury received in turning over?LEGBREAKDDown 20: Annual holiday ends too soonYEARLYDDown 21: One won't remember losing itMEMORYDDown 22: Egotistical dedication for a bookTOMEDDown 23: It turns on an opponentANTI