The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 18th December 2017

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 18th December 2017. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Current champion tried to break first	TIDERACE
AAcross 5:	Worker about to fight — watch out!
AAcross 9:	Taken by those who are sick and tired of work?
AAcross 10:	Educational measure?
AAcross 11:	Idleness indeed
AAcross 12:	Sit out with a girl in gauzy fabric
AAcross 14:	An alcoholic daze?	SCOTCHMIST
AAcross 18:	A working reserve	LABOURPOOL
AAcross 22:	First form
AAcross 23:	In a religious sense, he believes in coasting freely
AAcross 24:	Craft of one in the tailoring trade
AAcross 25:	Paper thrown at the match
AAcross 26:	Fine for a non-drinker found in the quarry
AAcross 27:	A literary supplement?
DDown 1:	It's very hot when it's clear on the hill
DDown 2:	Gloomy little sergeant major with face put out
DDown 3:	Deliver publicly
DDown 4:	Duplicate of the same type
DDown 6:	Pupil power?
DDown 7:	A sign of wrong and right, we hear, in a puzzle
DDown 8:	Weathermen caught in a flurry of sleet
DDown 13:	Keep a firm grip
DDown 15:	Bird of ill omen to an old criminal?
DDown 16:	Sailor sent to quarters for being a defaulter
DDown 17:	Not quite free to give the result of the division
DDown 19:	Start talking of payment for suckers
DDown 20:	Said to be like America?
DDown 21:	A division of the Church