The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 24th December 2018 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 24th December 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Give address on back cover, otherwise disappearEVAPORATEAAcross 10: Art patron holding small aesthetic guideTASTEAAcross 11: Scent you reportedly lost after crossing Atlantic?ODOURAAcross 12: Botanical expert with itemised qualifications of female scholar?HERBALISTAAcross 13: Eg 10 and 28 transformations between parts of the middle rowCHANGESAAcross 14: Den rebuilt by wild animals in stage before mating, oftenEND GAMEAAcross 14: Den rebuilt by wild animals in stage before mating, oftenENDGAMEAAcross 17: Energy shown by second elevenSTEAMAAcross 19: Decorate things cooked in kitchen, with odd exceptionsICEAAcross 20: Tend to bed or what's in special kind of mattressWATERAAcross 21: Doctor improperly uses pressure to get into suit, sayDRESS UPAAcross 22: See 13OFSTATEAAcross 24: So to speak, inscribe 2nd Street on map in Far East?RIGHTMOSTAAcross 26: A state briefly flipped, becoming another stateASSAMAAcross 28: Article on big game put in hard coverTESTAAAcross 29: Garments I altered — they've had 13 across 22 acrossEMIGRANTSDDown 1: One state followed by another, noteMEMODDown 2: Fare from India south, landing in Pacific islandsSAMOSADDown 3: More bad gas circulated in draughts etcBOARDGAMESDDown 4: Cuts components of air, for example, including hydrogenGASHESDDown 5: 25 take part in crusade zealously, securing releaseDEFREEZEDDown 6: Mediterranean landmark visible in Estonia, oddlyETNADDown 7: Showing ambition when I sound off about powerASPIRANTDDown 8: Become emotional, having bumped into learner on insideMELTDDown 13: Fourth law suit, as viewed by robber, potentiallyCASEDDDown 15: County's crewmen bringing one in on the ground floor, perhapsDOWNSTAIRSDDown 16: Frightfully odd English upset part of the EUEERIEDDown 18: Invigorate loco engineers with no end of passionENERGISEDDown 19: Short, spontaneous performance edited, so betterIMPROVEDDDown 22: Cunningly defeat without being heartless, having switched halvesOUTWITDDown 23: Good thing about name in form posted? OKASSENTDDown 24: Judges having reached conclusion, what comes next? Old-fashioned pityRUTHDDown 25: What must be modified to produce rapprochementTHAWDDown 27: Result of condensation, being damp, without oxygenMIST