The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 14th December 2021 There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 14th December 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Councillor's gutted by Oxford's river disasterCRISISAAcross 5: Moved — not naturalAFFECTEDAAcross 9: Tending to scare off star LiamALARMISTAAcross 10: Truncated fancy bra raised temperatureABRUPTAAcross 11: Live within one's means, as a contortionist couldMAKEENDSMEETAAcross 13: Essential element of Depression: onset of hungerPITHAAcross 14: High earners taking in southern mountain air qualityRARENESSAAcross 17: Son with present (sweet flower)SNOWDROPAAcross 18: Break small piece off end of thick raised surfaceKNAPAAcross 20: East Midlands town doctor set child freeCHESTERFIELDAAcross 23: Royal house's beginning to encompass universitySTUARTAAcross 24: Bother an educator and an iconic rebelHEAD ACHEAAcross 24: Bother an educator and an iconic rebelHEADACHEAAcross 25: Feathers are better than a baton movementDOWNBEATAAcross 26: Uninteresting ladder trialDRY RUNDDown 2: Eggs, when split by line, partROLEDDown 3: Old whaler's work: capturing felons in Wash, possiblySCRIMSHAWDDown 4: Wearing the blue turned up, duck? Figure-hugging!SLINKYDDown 5: Immediately when Derby, say, fellATTHEDROPOFAHATDDown 6: European region's loud people being groundedFLANDERSDDown 7: In public, a romantic American's billiards shotCAROMDDown 8: State means to create a fast roadEXPRESSWAYDDown 12: Move of bishop to China, not a fate that's rectifiedFIANCHETTODDown 15: Meadow saffron for the Coventry horsewoman?NAKED LADYDDown 16: One who's been caught arriving with drugs in need of supportARRESTEEDDown 19: Newspaper possibly reveals 'Goddess married to heartless youth'HERALDDDown 21: Proust's character is weak, going in opposite directionsSWANNDDown 22: You once cut many hundredsTHOU