The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 10th December 2018 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 10th December 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Diversion — something necessary to get round European soldiersAMUSEMENTAAcross 10: Religious establishment backed vote for protecting bishopsABBEYAAcross 11: Refers to tourist attractions, repeatedly mentioning these locationsSITESAAcross 12: For start of book, two things a knight has?TITLE PAGEAAcross 13: Female not just a provider of entertainmentFUNFAIRAAcross 14: Like some old people here, having reduced fishing around areaANGLIANAAcross 17: Final stanza that may be read in broken voiceENVOIAAcross 19: Cast lacking confidence in companySHYAAcross 20: Head off old car, producing road rage, for exampleANGERAAcross 21: Portray female author as progressively involvedDRAWNINAAcross 22: Diamonds I'd turned into money, like a rotterCADDISHAAcross 24: Page about fictional hero holding one cold and negative attitudePREJUDICEAAcross 26: Sense of achievement from hunting animals collectivelyPRIDEAAcross 28: Demolish east wing of building in a sorry stateRUINGAAcross 29: A short sentence added to American volume without changing any charactersLITERATIMDDown 1: Crews in race circuit site missing leading articleMANSDDown 2: Writer with 27 endlessly able to produce 9AUSTENDDown 3: Body covering USA revised one set of beliefsPERSUASIONDDown 4: Right part of book — right for father of 6 2, for oneRECTORDDown 5: Sculptures or other form of art, say, divided by working groupSTATUARYDDown 6: Romantic heroine, Juliet, with a new energy, Romeo coming into viewJANEDDown 7: Scraping racket in a gameABRADINGDDown 8: See 6EYREDDown 13: Stop and return, if led astrayFIELDDDown 15: Musical performance originally arranged round old pianoGRAND OPERADDown 16: PM once linked with partner in 19th-century novelNORTHDDown 18: The writer is caught by very upset assistant in compromising positionVIA MEDIADDown 19: Displaying either component of a novel by a ladySENSIBLEDDown 22: Author in part of Greece penning articleCREATEDDown 23: Stupid people do it after change of heart, interrupting livesIDIOTSDDown 24: Explorer in rescue vessel put under pressurePARKDDown 25: For instance, game briefly written up in pressURGEDDown 27: Eponymous heroine, such as Madame BovaryEMMA