The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 6th December 2013 There are 17 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 6th December 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Having all relevant attributes restrictedQUALIFIEDAAcross 9: Assume post after losing first appealTAKEITAAcross 10: Illness, horribly acute, in which temperature's seen to go up and downFLUCTUATEAAcross 11: Knave audibly tucked into Murphy's mealJACKETAAcross 12: Misleading report of constituency generous editor first retractedDECEITFULAAcross 13: Extra charges academic slips into billsADDONSAAcross 17: Pasture's mostly unproductiveLEAAAcross 19: Account of fashionable singer?INVOICEAAcross 20: Absolutely worst rat's back, seeing off a catTROUNCEAAcross 21: Scandinavian bread for egg sandwichesOREAAcross 21: Scandinavian bread for egg sandwichesORE.AAcross 23: Justly won as Ashes eventually were, it's saidEARNEDAAcross 27: Anyone unorthodox hosting party in South Africa causes troubleANNOYANCEAAcross 28: Using old Latin in will could be wise or foolishOWLISHAAcross 29: Takes off, admitting rather trivial 27sFLEABITESAAcross 30: British memo repelled provincial CeltBRETONAAcross 31: Doctor rants on about contentious type of food for weightlifterSTRONGMANDDown 2: German position in ancient city's more threateningUGLIERDDown 3: Council's final agreement, letting in church schoolsLYCEESDDown 4: It's time unfinished motor got scrappedFOURTHDDown 5: Artist leaves particularly ill-mannered press outEXTRUDEDDown 6: Rowing man and his best friendCATANDDOGDDown 7: Vault below lectern offering no escape from officeDESK-BOUNDDDown 7: Vault below lectern offering no escape from officeDESKBOUNDDDown 8: Politicians set about visiting part of plantSTATESMENDDown 14: X collects large sum of money for terrorist weaponsTIMEBOMBSDDown 15: Missing date, shambolic developers come round too lateOVERSLEEPDDown 16: See 4DIMENSIONDDown 17: Stars turning up from time to time in novellaLEODDown 18: Scoffed as mother strippedATEDDown 22: Lock partially obscuring letter boxRINGLETDDown 24: See 11POTATODDown 25: No time for checking maximSAYINGDDown 26: Contrary expert tackles setter with unknown complaintECZEMA