The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 3rd December 2008 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 3rd December 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Worker finds working a strainARTISANAAcross 8: Diana, a leading royal, having awkward timesARTEMISAAcross 9: One stops a bribeBUNGAAcross 10: One stationed abroad has no right to talk about somethingEXPATIATEAAcross 12: Hit nail on the head of clumsy oafCLOUTAAcross 13: With expired email provider one needs paperOBSERVERAAcross 15: Burgers rejected a cheatSCAMAAcross 16: Distinctive character makes some get hostileETHOSAAcross 17: Test this for difficult multiplication?TUBEAAcross 18: Window as in BondCASEMENTAAcross 20: It's a mistake to lose head in frightERRORAAcross 21: It's rejected in present state of conventional wisdomHERETICALAAcross 22: Composer yields not a noteIVESAAcross 24: Bird causes a measure of troublePINTADOAAcross 25: Weapon almost goes off without reasonsFIGURESDDown 1: Father to the French and German ladyFRAUDDown 2: Call and get back a bit of music on the line - it gets under your skinRINGWORMDDown 3: Head, not heart, missing - it's obviousPATENTDDown 4: Demos in favour of SATs?PROTESTSDDown 5: Traveller broadcasting from resort?REPAIRDDown 6: Rental reportedly increasedHIREDDown 11: Drunk hit copper with knowledge of likely outcomePROPHETICDDown 12: Officers take a drinkCOCOADDown 14: Latter part of month can be hotEMBERDDown 16: Happening to die oddly late in the dayEVENTIDEDDown 17: End of semester?TERMINUSDDown 19: Birds, for example,disturbed restEGRETSDDown 20: City den for a comedienneECLAIRDDown 21: One among the Irish who stands to gain from a deathHEIRDDown 23: Six is a point off sevenEVEN