The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 17th December 2010 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 17th December 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Girl band from town down underALICEAAcross 10: Effort finally revealed name of top solver on TVENDEAVOURAAcross 11: Eccentric that appears in strange dreamMADHATTERAAcross 12: Like black stone in pierJETTYAAcross 13: Not this piece for piano, thereforeANOTHERAAcross 15: Girl turned in fees for foreign governessesDUENNASAAcross 17: Dancing line seen in South America repeatedlySALSAAAcross 18: 6, 13 down, 23, 29 8, or 30 that's repeatedly found in danceCHAAAcross 20: Put into ground, using section of main terraceINTERAAcross 22: Hormone change can make one railMOORHENAAcross 25: How gas gets mixed with hydrogen? Rubbish!HOGWASHAAcross 26: See 16PALINAAcross 27: Move quickly to follow protest, as member of 21MARCHHAREAAcross 30: Explosive editor held back by grown-up when drunkGUNPOWDERAAcross 31: Appraiser backed raise over timeRATERDDown 1: Friendly, minutes after fightingWARMDDown 2: Reported playmaker over breach of rules, we hear, in some gameWILDFOWLDDown 3: Cheese that's fine with tea, oddlyFETADDown 4: Modern erection badly constructedNEOTERICDDown 5: Revered a party on the far leftADOREDDDown 6: Military vehicle endlessly seen in adorable Indian townDARJEELINGDDown 7: Scene of historic 21 and game of cardsBOSTONDDown 8: Poet's pronouncement is dismalGREYDDown 13: A state in East briefly upset another state in EastASSAMDDown 14: Capital mostly invested in male dominion, in which people don't have faithHEATHENDOMDDown 16: A rash plan I crazily formulated, as leader of 21SARAHDDown 19: A doctor's carrying present for those who followADHERERSDDown 21: Anti-government group still rising, securing a roleTEA PARTYDDown 23: Export from China needing to be cut, top-slicedOOLONGDDown 24: People who are unsettled and crazy in limited numbersNOMADSDDown 26: Young male worker's mature under pressurePAGEDDown 28: Tea-maker possibly used by Father BrownHERBDDown 29: Disraeli, for example, showing ability to listen to LiberalEARL