The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 27th December 2019 There are 13 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th December 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Change popular stimulant for analgesicMORPHINEAAcross 9: Idle, maybe cold-blooded creaturePYTHONAAcross 10: Determined chap's going to peak close to EverestHELL-BENTAAcross 10: Determined chap's going to peak close to EverestHELLBENTAAcross 11: Poor sportsman in boozer's back partRABBITAAcross 12: Is it grave or serious? In dark, I am confusedDIACRITICAL MARKAAcross 15: See 3PENCEAAcross 16: Anxious for the future, sayTENSEAAcross 20: London dignitary, proverbially clever fellow with striking fashionDICKWHITTINGTONAAcross 21: After Salah's header, Aussie player is to dribbleSLAVERAAcross 23: College member acquiring second languageESTONIANAAcross 25: Helping one to enter shopRATIONAAcross 26: Busts attractive in photoSNAPSHOTDDown 1: European means to be heard in argumentPOLEMICDDown 2: After bout, stop to see if characters are OKSPELLCHECKDDown 3: This makes MP a deputy leaderMIKEDDown 4: Worst family turns up for Allen Ginsberg?BEATNIKDDown 5: Oily stuff: it's about to keep hairdo wonderfulSPERMACETIDDown 6: Go crazy the wrong waySTABDDown 7: French playmaker again protects position of ballMOLIEREDDown 13: Rambling in rocky north-east? Nice!INCOHERENTDDown 14: Sort of pig in soy with MSG in it getting cookedMISOGYNISTDDown 17: Privates are behind this English flag, if orderedFIG LEAFDDown 18: Faithless sort cheers up on the jobATHEISTDDown 19: It turns in either directionROTATORDDown 22: One in vehicle looking in the mirror a lot?VAINDDown 24: What could be an improvement in the weatherTHAW