The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 27th December 2021 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 27th December 2021. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Powder room makes sleepyhead somehow appear dishevelledLOOKAMESSAAcross 10: Essential sign in heart oddly ignoredINNERAAcross 11: Pound discovered in a bath robeTHROBAAcross 12: Helen and Ruth unclothed by champion of alternative medicineELEUTHEROAAcross 13: Turbulent river in Europe, as far as the Guardian is concernedRIOTOUSAAcross 14: Clothes on fire?BLAZERSAAcross 17: Live or die, that's come out nicelyDWELLAAcross 19: A city in Tanganyika, doesn't matter whichANYAAcross 20: Portsmouth & CoOSTIAAAcross 21: East German in mature comebackRIPOSTEAAcross 22: Terribly quaint and ultimately obsoleteANTIQUEAAcross 24: Is it best to have laid out a stall that's disgusting?LAST LAUGHAAcross 26: The hapless are to speakORATEAAcross 28: One's art without frames, extremely versatile and daringNERVEAAcross 29: Writer's book contains clever mixed metaphorsTOMSHARPEDDown 1: Boodle's markBLOTDDown 2: Nice day, on reflection, for correspondentJOURNODDown 3: Brambles not right as an environment for raising wildlife and foolsBAMBOOZLESDDown 4: Religious people gathering shells, essentially as ornamentsJEWELSDDown 5: Group competently curbs rising disorderASSEMBLYDDown 6: Being old, will droopWILTDDown 7: Dine out on little money? That's vulgarINDECENTDDown 8: Working majority of 13 across or 3TRIODDown 13: Up or down detectorRADARDDown 15: Perhaps too bad a markAPOSTROPHEDDown 16: See 24SCAPEDDown 18: Showing Europe's upset about voteEXPOSUREDDown 19: Enough said, every now and then, on matchADEQUATEDDown 22: In the Mao revolutionAT HOMEDDown 23: Source of stone that is sought by huntersQUARRYDDown 24: No portrait of elaborate lap dancesLANDDDown 25: They say thin is rightLIENDDown 27: Brew beer, only half jugEWER