The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 7th December 2021

There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 7th December 2021. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	State welcome includes a whiskey — first class!
AAcross 1:	State welcome includes a whiskey — first class!
AAcross 4:	Wife's at home, the husband's out and runs when it's cold
AAcross 9:	Speed is 1,000 and 100 in reverse
AAcross 10:	Mother and boy tend to awkwardness
AAcross 11:	Nice lemon in tonic, mixed right inside
AAcross 12:	Stomach problem from avid reader's head going hard
AAcross 13:	For example, woman will pack extremely ginormous cases
AAcross 15:	Old criminal carrying a burden
AAcross 16:	Recovering abstainer leaves drink
AAcross 17:	Outstanding independent region houses 2,000 people altogether
AAcross 21:	Rejecting volunteers, politician's swamped by mock test essays
AAcross 22:	Missile to stun borders of Egypt
AAcross 24:	Unable to write 49 + 51 three times a quarter?
AAcross 25:	Second piece of bacon
AAcross 26:	Thatcher's revolting for jailing opposition leader and the Queen
AAcross 27:	Get away with key?
DDown 1:	Suspended sentence?
DDown 2:	Attendant spills first drink
DDown 3:	1 + 1000 + 1000 + (7- 5): roughly, that's huge
DDown 5:	Cast iron contains note for use within the home
DDown 6:	Demolish place over hard crossword?	THROWDOWN
DDown 7:	Colour of restored building: timeless
DDown 8:	Everybody let son and daughter cut grass on 1/11	ALLHALLOWSDAY
DDown 14:	Good man and woman's life wins heart of working campaigner against apartheid	STEVEBIKO
DDown 16:	One packaging 16 across, but not Courage?
DDown 18:	Sells millions on hot streak …
DDown 19:	… unlimited by 100 pound and English sentimentality
DDown 20:	Each master eats pastry
DDown 23:	Snake about to bite Rob to bits