The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 5th December 2016 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 5th December 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Going to the dogs?RIDINGTOHOUNDSAAcross 8: Yachtsman changing course heard as one making insulting remarks, maybeGIBERAAcross 9: Ivor's out to become a skilled performerVIRTUOSOAAcross 11: Might one disappear into it at the top of Everest?THIN AIRAAcross 12: Tramp a priest convertedTRAIPSEAAcross 13: Teacher's pet is short of timeRABBIAAcross 15: One ringing to warn you of danger?ALARM BELLAAcross 17: Fool holds sister with strange puzzleCONUNDRUMAAcross 20: Head of school, goody-goody young manSPRIGAAcross 21: Leaving unannounced for an away matchELOPINGAAcross 23: He charges a couple of hundred to the employerACCUSERAAcross 25: After Greta perhaps, Ted identified as a victimTARGETEDAAcross 26: Protection with strings attachedAPRONAAcross 27: Grant free film in circulationGENERALRELEASEDDown 1: Story with a poor beginning but a capital endingRAGSTORICHESDDown 2: Give a name to first-class city of ArabiaDUBAIDDown 3: Ran up share accountNARRATIONDDown 4: Soldiers welcome sailors inside foreign restaurantTAVERNADDown 5: The bare ingredients of a brew upHERB TEADDown 6: A lump in one's throatUVULADDown 7: Paper said to come out and leave no traceDISAPPEARDDown 10: One looking for scraps may show itBELLIGERENCEDDown 14: Wish for a pleasant journey from FranceBON VOYAGEDDown 16: Form of variety before the ’50s, much as I recollectedMUSIC HALLDDown 18: A target set out for a meeting at seaREGATTADDown 19: Turn, or intend to turn, CommunistMEANDERDDown 22: Warm place in the singing lessonINGLEDDown 24: Open return to southern countrySYRIA