The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 10th December 2010 There are 16 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 10th December 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: The naval disaster in which Boatman is eaten by a whale?LEVIATHANAAcross 6: Takes in endless parodiesSUPSAAcross 8: Colleagues' inspiration: say barren block goneBRETHRENAAcross 9: Winter footwear with metal inside — wow!GALOSHAAcross 10: Boatman's work is usually in the MediterraneanTHEMEDAAcross 11: Costume formerly worn by oriental tart?ONE-PIECEAAcross 12: What I should make, for my sins, at noon?AMENDSAAcross 15: Drops the shattered piece of a vesselPOTSHERDAAcross 16: Where, you might say, disk-breaking leads to sudden reversal?SKIDPANSAAcross 19: Hate for Guardian boss back on trialDETESTAAcross 21: First entry in old book of songs about fish behind ship's stern mid-ocean!PSALMONEAAcross 22: Divers use natural heat to remove waterSUNDRYAAcross 24: Droop like dead fishDANGLEAAcross 25: Boatman's report on whale found in the MediterraneanMALLORCAAAcross 26: Sex kittens slipping an unreasonable extent in winter footwearSKISAAcross 27: Split up — admit mistake on reflection and give inSURRENDERDDown 1: Wood-roasted char after lobster starterLARCHDDown 2: A vain imposter? Creative prose wasted, perhapsVITAMINDDown 3: Pungent? Sour? That's about rightACRIDDDown 4: Poncho folded round centre pleat in place of layersHENCOOPDDown 5: New leader chosen: Gordon's first in, then left outNEGLECTEDDDown 6: Not in everyone's interest to market cod: could be left wanting?SELFISHDDown 7: Cod, sprats, flounder typically found at the seasidePOSTCARDSDDown 13: Deadly sea creature runs amok, followed by silence as boat goes underMAKO SHARKDDown 14: Naval nations exude water (yours and mine, say)SEAPOWERSDDown 17: Floods spread sludge around Mile EndDELUGESDDown 18: Vessel attending in the Mediterranean, perhaps French marine zoneSTEAMERDDown 20: Starting to embrace a lot moreTEN-FOLDDDown 20: Starting to embrace a lot moreTENFOLDDDown 22: What you need to do with a fish to take victorySOLVEDDown 23: Cruiser is abandoned, sunk, only to be seen again laterRECUR