The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 7th December 2020 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 7th December 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Great faculty managementSUPERVISIONAAcross 9: Tea with nightcap gives shocking windTYPHOONAAcross 10: Spirit of staff having mushroom turnoverSPECTREAAcross 11: Loved to play by city racetrackVELODROMEAAcross 12: Circles yacht, front to backLOOPSAAcross 13: Attractive handout in partSOMEAAcross 14: Poor patron taking exam for believerPROTESTANTAAcross 16: Fancy sequin soon becoming a mustSINE QUA NONAAcross 19: Thrash in return gameFLOGAAcross 21: Old jazz uncovered in dad's open spacePLAZAAAcross 22: Transport cafe providing tea, by the sound of it?TRUCK STOPAAcross 22: Transport cafe providing tea, by the sound of it?TRUCKSTOPAAcross 24: Wildly theorises, but not to successorHEIRESSAAcross 25: Love is almost dead — what's left?DEARESTAAcross 26: To a degree, Matilda depends on reason to sleep under the starsNOTENTIRELYDDown 1: Flexible thought process is adding somethingSUPPLEMENTATIONDDown 2: Specialist on Underground, extremely pleased with herselfPROUDDDown 3: Lutheran court full of bitternessRANCOURDDown 4: What Ofsted does this month is to cover heads of primary English courseINSPECTDDown 5: Boxer's entering the same movement with lofty aspirationsIDEALISMDDown 6: River dweller in countrywide drawNATIONALLOTTERYDDown 7: When the essence of Mr Jobs is iPhones at last resortSTIVESDDown 8: Across the Channel, I take special exotic trips, primarily with this lotJET SETDDown 15: Start of summer as break is most traditionalSQUARESTDDown 16: Drain soup for old poetSAPPHODDown 17: To exclude outsiders from party list, pay any skilled workerARTISANDDown 18: Made soup with dopehead, that's uplifting God's workOPUSDEIDDown 20: Golf locales could be tricky to find?GSPOTSDDown 23: Scoundrel reported in place for worshipKNAVE