The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 1st December 2008 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 1st December 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Rat swallows a river insectSCARABAAcross 6: Fruit woman within callCHERRYAAcross 9: Times for working garmentsSHIFTSAAcross 10: Deck of a thousandtonner at seaORNAMENTAAcross 11: Key heading is missing from passageISLEAAcross 12: Trading centre quick to accept a discarded currencyFLEA MARKETAAcross 12: Trading centre quick to accept a discarded currencyFLEAMARKETAAcross 13: I am apt to be cheekyIMPERTINENTAAcross 18: Still lacking subject for debateMOTIONLESSAAcross 21: Keys admit private secretary to part of churchAPSEAAcross 22: Verse that is initially puzzlingACROSTICAAcross 23: Quiet conduct of a drug dealerPUSHERAAcross 24: Assist doctor in stoppageSTASISAAcross 25: Either sing together or refrainCHORUSDDown 1: Outside left fouled - injury is a breakHALF-TERMDDown 2: High level of service providedMASSIFDDown 3: Ball and chain fixed on male foreignerCHINAMANDDown 4: Paint book?PRIMERDDown 5: Religious disunity is obvious in second church massSCHISMDDown 7: American combination of betsYANKEEDDown 8: Residential period, a requirement to complete the course?HOMESTRETCHDDown 14: Physicist of the naughty ninetiesEINSTEINDDown 15: Vessel on a shark tripNOAHSARKDDown 16: Outcry of those who join the chaseYOICKSDDown 17: When collections are worth havingASSETSDDown 19: Is nothing but a pressure lineISOBARDDown 20: Female poet delivers a couple of pages in short performanceSAPPHO