The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th December 2022 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th December 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Shambles! No good Queen covering up final note from Freddie MercuryMESSENGERAAcross 10: Match of variable qualityEQUALAAcross 11: Brass still coating rupees from the eastNERVEAAcross 12: Breaking law, even US journalists must consider thisNEWSVALUEAAcross 13: Silver and such like? One investigates pricesPIRATESAAcross 14: Look, I'm visibly happy to get picked upEYEBEAMAAcross 17: Summon a naked malefactor to accept fineEVOKEAAcross 19: Grunts from pigs quietly going outGISAAcross 20: German you sent west pocketing pound for tipUPENDAAcross 21: King, when retiring, strokes birdSTEPHENAAcross 22: Steel, say, was shown by artist beset by defamationLIBERALAAcross 24: Palladium rejected because screw contains ironSAFEGUARDAAcross 26: Left over fag rolled — it helps me think clearlyLOGICAAcross 28: Moving spades, detect components of nickelCENTSAAcross 29: Gag staff must keep wearing? This is irregularMINUTEMANDDown 1: Indication submariner is surfacingOMENDDown 2: Raducanu's back, more confident one wants high returnsUSURERDDown 3: Around opening, one hammered sheet for platinum?SEVENTIETHDDown 4: Spies a place where men goAGENTSDDown 5: Chrome etc with a lot of rust on Sierras, oddlyBROWSERSDDown 6: Clap about engineers turning up fuelDERVDDown 7: Speculators loudly vote for goldBULL'S-EYEDDown 8: Large pole's covered in leadCLUEDDown 13: Leaders removing one dent in ironPRESSDDown 15: European queen with talent for being calmEQUABILITYDDown 16: Made to run by header from Lucy Bronze?MEDALDDown 18: Start to lose heart after fan rejects intro from Lady GagaOVERFONDDDown 19: Copper Age road men rebuiltGENDARMEDDown 22: Criminal admitting racket in transported goodsLADINGDDown 23: Government, say, blocking revolutionary rulerREGIMEDDown 24: Rifle butt might contain thisSACKDDown 25: Zest to put away doughnut or substantial puffGUSTDDown 27: More than one tin article in case of canvasCANS