The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st December 2009 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st December 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ancestor often living rent-freeGRANDPAAAcross 5: They eat out in the workshopETCHERSAAcross 10: A fish jellyAGARAAcross 11: Now in the cinema: it features horsemenAPOCALYPSEAAcross 12: Stay separateCLEAVEAAcross 13: Skilled worker established church in converted cinemaMECHANICAAcross 14: Where to get fresh bread?CASHPOINTAAcross 16: Plant with variegated edgesSEDGEAAcross 17: Weapon found in spare groundSPEARAAcross 19: Blue papers filed in documentDEPRESSEDAAcross 23: Positions for ticket clerks …STATIONSAAcross 24: … and this carrier of alePORTERAAcross 26: Criteria for judging judges?BENCHMARKSAAcross 27: Intend to change nameMEANAAcross 28: How Keats wrote upside downINVERSEAAcross 29: A doctor's manner when near flowers?BEDSIDEDDown 2: Big cigar for smoking in full formal dressREGALIADDown 3: Opera heroine among the starsNORMADDown 4: Medication made to please?PLACEBODDown 6: Spell "Cretan" differentlyTRANCEDDown 7: My! A Shaker swinging wild blows!HAYMAKERSDDown 8: Living dangerously, the last refusnik joined rebellionRISKINGDDown 9: Time for familiar danceCOMMON MEASUREDDown 15: Anguish caused when daughter leaves the charade in distressHEARTACHEDDown 18: With this you could cut out the frillsPATTERNDDown 20: The letter I posted contains the answerRIPOSTEDDown 21: Type of greenEMERALDDDown 22: A favourite of "Gardeners World"COSMOSDDown 25: What's left of the steaks?RUMPS