The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 28th December 2018 There are 18 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 28th December 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Got near the solution to this, but not overly impressiveNOGREATAAcross 5: Seductresses help removing our uniform — twiceSUCCUBIAAcross 10: Engaged Asian picked up at partyTIED UPAAcross 11: Prints articles initially in the CityETCHINGSAAcross 12: Priest's among non-believersELIAAcross 13: Invest in road buildingORDAINAAcross 14: New guy starts to renegotiate cheap fee for each writerGEOFFREYAAcross 15: Bungling Italy on three pointsINEPTAAcross 16: Choice woman's finally made to leave? Hear it's fallaciousSOPHISTRYAAcross 19: Close to broke in most of country — no alternative to Tory policy?AUSTERITYAAcross 21: Tea next to instant coffeeMOCHAAAcross 24: One piece of writing in leaflet is less convincingFLIMSIERAAcross 26: Doris's entertaining fellow when things go wrongOFF-DAYAAcross 27: Matter of disrespectRESAAcross 28: Hearts lost twice — that coach's messed up direction to playersSTACCATOAAcross 29: See 1SHAKESAAcross 30: See 14CHAUCERAAcross 31: Son went on Big Dipper in these?SPEEDOSDDown 2: Mike's a different bloke after love letterOMICRONDDown 3: Course favourite gets special welcomeRED-CARPETDDown 4: Join in with degree course, initiallyAPPENDDDown 6: Nancy's a fool getting man to stripUNCLOTHEDDown 7: Bluff a national treasure?CLIFFDDown 8: Tap on counter — a quarter admitted it's annoyingBUGBEARDDown 9: Order given to ignore boner under newspaper — a dreadful rule!REIGN OF TERRORDDown 17: ’E's upset about current criticism (one of a generation that's easily offended)SNOWFLAKEDDown 18: Water right for fellow in one shipIRRIGATEDDown 20: Open jar at lunchUNLATCHDDown 22: Carrying drugs, must stop boatHEAVETODDown 23: Energy drink a bit special is inside talkGOSSIPDDown 25: Historian set out for Chinese regionMACAU