The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 18th December 2007 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 18th December 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Deny trading is downDISOWNAAcross 4: McCitizen?BURGHERAAcross 9: Wild rage at jibe from a relativeGREAT-AUNTAAcross 10: Daughter keen on a boyDAVIDAAcross 11: Animal said to slim towards the tailTAPIRAAcross 12: Greek vestment to help out with tear-jerkerPHELONIONAAcross 13: Deceive about fermented drink which is an innocuous oneLIMEADEAAcross 15: Laterally English get in old portSIDEONAAcross 17: One enjoys stable employment in travel accommodationOSTLERAAcross 19: Cheers!DOWNTHEAAcross 22: Hardly Falstaff late on a Wednesday evening, sayWEEKNIGHTAAcross 24: Calls to dogs to stop - shoot's overTOHOSAAcross 26: Major theological work for a fundamentalist?BIGOTAAcross 27: Ancestral development of royal houseLANCASTERAAcross 28: Penalty pronounced on arsonist?TORCHERAAcross 29: Moves slowly in unfinished gameINCHESDDown 1: Idiot in the face of modern media technologyDIGITALDDown 2: The girl with record of livestockSHEEPDDown 3: RaindropWATERFALLDDown 4: Grows fat with 19 25s to face a stormBATTENSDDown 5: Took horse to ring at a showRODEODDown 6: How not to respond to a flasher?HAVEITOUTDDown 7: Animal makes nest in rubbishRODENTDDown 8: Crush for a fictional lawyer lacking loveRUMPLEDDown 14: Canteen provides green cooking for the ambassadorMESSENGERDDown 16: Spooner's municipal sewer prescribed for a lazy studentDOWNTRAINDDown 18: Uniform such as is brought into rural fashionREGULARDDown 19: Being fond of your pet involves moneyDOTINGDDown 20: Makes safe motions to bring down government by decapitating themENSURESDDown 21: Direction in scriptural work is of no consequenceTWOBITDDown 23: Brown turns up at church of courseNATCHDDown 25: see 19 acrossHATCH