The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th December 2014 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th December 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Order cheap rubbish after joke backfiredDIKTATAAcross 4: Paracetamol is helping part get erect 10MOLISHAAcross 9: Desirable fruitPLUMAAcross 10: One might expect a plumber's work to have a messy endPRESUMABLYAAcross 11: Democrat available to frame up imageAVATARAAcross 12: Had empty sleeve tailored to be tidy 10 across the pondSHEVELEDAAcross 13: Audible drivel you provided, temporarily drunkCRAPULENTAAcross 15: Missing family is OK at last, with the paramedic team, getting treatmentHOMEAAcross 16: See 15SICKAAcross 17: Straight battle: the odds leave one standingCANDIDATEAAcross 21: 10 content of beastly noise went firstGRUNTLEDAAcross 22: Set up camp by an arcade gamePACMANAAcross 24: De janvier, peut-être, la fille devient jeune dameDEMOISELLEAAcross 25: Impulse of the bourgeoisieURGEAAcross 26: Italian with bride can cause disturbanceTUSCANAAcross 27: Seal hiding place with leading Tamil Tiger, perhaps admitting revolutionary court is painfulCACHETDDown 1: Vilified when raised to be freeDELIVERDDown 2: 10 12 10 1,000 kept outKEMPTDDown 3: Offend when taking note of clothesAPPARELDDown 5: In Latin, opera worksOPUSESDDown 6: Nasty and nice, so soonINASECONDDDown 7: Shelley knew endless GreekHELLENEDDown 8: Primarily means a national darling ending longstanding apartheid's prior holdNELSON MANDELADDown 14: Chef beginning to stuff little French onion, must be peeled and loaded 10PECUNIOUSDDown 16: Skinhead, if true, got drunk to excessSURFEITDDown 18: Soundly immersed, time fliesDIPTERADDown 19: 10 calm, if instructed to keep rightTRAUGHTDDown 20: Regrettably, tea break ends up in a stateALASKADDown 23: 10 polite and out of touchCOUTH