The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 6th December 2021 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 6th December 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Shattering sort of newsBREAKINGAAcross 9: Siren's noseHOOTERAAcross 10: One takes a little bite, aftertaste coming backGNATAAcross 11: Impound vessel for unpaid workINTERNSHIPAAcross 12: Bread for example not fresh, but quietly acceptedSTAPLEAAcross 14: Taking the driving seat, change gear after a short distanceINCHARGEAAcross 15: Tied house right behind fieldRECTORYAAcross 17: Son enjoying a spliff, adding more to burnSTOKINGAAcross 20: A boy's boy?GRANDSONAAcross 22: Roughly remove dressing for bad cutABDUCTAAcross 23: Moving under, can do circular stepsROUND DANCEAAcross 24: Wicket perhaps finally suggesting skulduggeryGATEAAcross 25: Senior cleric taking care of a junior oneDEACONAAcross 26: Music suggested by dejected Royal Navy?THEBLUESDDown 1: A woman of colourBRUNETTEDDown 2: Beat time in a tranceRAPTDDown 3: Eat around six? Wonderful!DIVINEDDown 4: European travel: journey is a gratifying experienceEGO TRIPDDown 4: European travel: journey is a gratifying experienceEGOTRIPDDown 5: Time-saving hairdo?SHORTCUTDDown 6: Astonished to be punched in the faceGOBSMACKEDDDown 7: King looking at what typist is doingKEYINGDDown 13: Pretend to be an impresarioPUTONANACTDDown 16: One booked into hotel has seen dirt all over the placeRESIDENTDDown 18: Refinements that used to go with smart shirts?NICETIESDDown 19: From madness, putting out small idiotic remarkINANITYDDown 21: Not the ways, we hear, to travel to this islandRHODESDDown 22: A writer about myself and distant ancestorsAPEMENDDown 24: Good and bad quantity of drinkGILL