The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th December 2019 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th December 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fifty hosted by wonderful boy, full house on the cards?GRAND SLAMAAcross 6: Pirate schoolTEACHAAcross 9: Waste killer having stolen a ringGUANOAAcross 10: Back of mining engineer nearer to dynamoGENERATORAAcross 11: What might clamp puzzle in China?TEA SERVICEAAcross 12: See 20ACHEAAcross 14: A king boarding plane that's less reliableFLAKIERAAcross 15: Ordinal left with less information originally, after amendmentTWELFTHAAcross 17: As was the queen of biblical kingdom — good for an affairSHEBANGAAcross 19: Dine out on candy? A potential killer!CYANIDEAAcross 20: Niap?BACKAAcross 22: Letters sent abroad by a politician, way lighterSTREET LAMPAAcross 22: Letters sent abroad by a politician, way lighterSTREETLAMPAAcross 25: Figure going into school after strike taken offLAMPOONEDAAcross 26: Is island in rush for cocktail?PISCOAAcross 27: Iodine in lead instrumentSITARAAcross 28: Small tots, primarily on wheels — in these?STROLLERSDDown 1: Some sheep had been procured by Joe?GIGOTDDown 2: Outlaw putting car in reverse to access a part of motorwayALANADALEDDown 3: As a system of counting, doctor aided locumDUODECIMALDDown 4: See 18LEGOVERDDown 5: Island prowler, Mo?MANX CATDDown 6: Covering for wheels, wheels in delivery truckTYREDDown 7: A topmost chamber starts to describe it, looking up?ATTICDDown 8: House here's so dilapidated — is that lucky?HORSESHOEDDown 13: Refrain from cutting half-baked loaves somewhere in Eastern EuropeSEVASTOPOLDDown 14: Angle bottle round foodFISHBALLSDDown 16: Suspicion initially in patient poking not entirely cooked dishFRICASSEEDDown 18: Produce the toys for building minister up, mate!GETONESDDown 19: Short swirl in cleaner dairy produceCHEDDARDDown 21: Flasher and streaker, bottom covered in wake?COMETDDown 23: Constant love: our lot devoted to GodPIOUSDDown 24: See 26SOUR