The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 2nd December 2013 There are 17 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 2nd December 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sees sense maybe, within reasonWITNESSESAAcross 6: Chief part of the footARCHAAcross 8: Pass on the takingsTURN OVERAAcross 8: Pass on the takingsTURNOVERAAcross 9: It returns more than once to an old masterTITIANAAcross 10: Restrictive measuresCHAINSAAcross 11: A cross section of the churchTRANSEPTAAcross 12: Look for a key cutterGLANCEAAcross 15: A maritime record? Yes, of courseSHIPSLOGAAcross 16: Deaf people may appreciate blue tits flying aroundSUBTITLEAAcross 19: A number embracing church creed?NICENEAAcross 21: It's lovely wandering abroad with the FrenchADORABLEAAcross 22: Having clear head in panic is unusualSCARCEAAcross 24: Pacific island in which one may be found sunbathingBIKINIAAcross 25: Island — where to fish by the sea, say?ANGLESEYAAcross 26: Holy man turns to a king and emperorTSARAAcross 27: Vera or city?HALF-TRUTHDDown 1: Novelist in conflict, we hearWAUGHDDown 2: One isn't affected with stressTENSIONDDown 3: Presley lives again!ELVISDDown 4: Cloud starts lifting, admitting sun in the middleSTRATUSDDown 5: Job in which no one tense is given a riseSITUATIONDDown 6: Dire Straits are recording onesARTISTSDDown 7: Vice has fallen with stringent suppressionCLAMP DOWNDDown 7: Vice has fallen with stringent suppressionCLAMPDOWNDDown 13: Under sail perhaps, they may tend to the sheetsLAUNDRIESDDown 14: Found to be less habit-formingESTABLISHDDown 17: Row about stray dogTERRIERDDown 18: Watch the dance in which one has a pupilEYEBALLDDown 20: Large house where cat is given water in FranceCHATEAUDDown 22: Spectacle in which a bull appears?SIGHTDDown 23: Soundly examine a European languageCZECH