The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 29th December 2009 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 29th December 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Alert old maid, possibly as bee-keeperOBSERVANTAAcross 10: G: For getting into danceHAPPYAAcross 11: Old computer Michael returnedENIACAAcross 12: Old rogues could be let loose in Capri soonPICAROONSAAcross 13: Managed to get back to house for study groupSEMINARAAcross 14: Has decided to take someone to court for publishingISSUINGAAcross 17: Area of activity in which men will be given very little informationORBITAAcross 19: Chatter about something GS was noted for?BAGAAcross 20: War veteran stars alongside inadequate ladRAMBOAAcross 21: G: First one in prison to get let outPLEASEDAAcross 22: Like type of delivery from above reaching a fighting forceOVERARMAAcross 24: G: Land included in legal documentDELIGHTEDAAcross 26: Maybe watch dispatch going westTIMERAAcross 28: Weapon in a manner of speaking not what's expectedLANCEAAcross 29: Medical examination reveals a new exceptional talent — ace incision!ANTENATALDDown 1: Greek Christmas with passing of year was what GS advocatedHOMEDDown 2: Element getting mother so upset, hanging round centre of DevizesOSMIUMDDown 3: S: Actors dine outDRACONITESDDown 4: S: Society taken in by jokerJASPERDDown 5: Keeping something that won't be used again for almost a year?STOCKINGDDown 6: She wants to do the room? One must get out of seatCHARDDown 7: Saying nothing right in unfortunate mishapAPHORISMDDown 8: Hawk, when pursuing enemy completely heartlesslyEYASDDown 13: Vessel in pond capsizing after start of stormSLOOPDDown 15: S: Speaker addressing Eve in Eden, originallySERPENTINEDDown 16: Nothing to amuse us, see, in GSGLOOMDDown 18: Scurrying insect has minimal time on heatherBEETLINGDDown 19: Plant with lumpy growths little girl pulled upBEDSTRAWDDown 22: Middle bits cut from old poem? That's strangeODDITYDDown 23: Registers and notices seen around American universityADMITSDDown 24: GS's adversary is artist leaving shopDELIDDown 25: Lifeless person in GS's post earlierGREYDDown 27: See 1RULE