The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 28th December 2022 There are 17 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 28th December 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Boatman not featuring in Enigmatic Variations is attractiveMAGNETICAAcross 9: Like to monitor typos in Guardian? No way!IGUANAAAcross 10: A curse, deleting one article after anotherANSWERAAcross 12: Abuse from security service, apparently a special experienceMISTREATAAcross 13: Second of second; second page; second sightE.S.P.AAcross 13: Second of second; second page; second sightESPAAcross 14: Enjoyed Independent: emerged with no content correctedEDITEDAAcross 16: Forever and always, including time with tiny changesETERNITYAAcross 17: Challenges again from different settersRETESTSAAcross 20: OneNote audio input extensionANTENNAAAcross 23: Spooner derides brown cowboySTOCKMANAAcross 24: Furthest off the mark with last two in ToughieWIDESTAAcross 26: Solver seen in agony — ouch!YOUAAcross 27: Stripped of flesh, act fatal: icy tombs found hereCATACOMBAAcross 28: Both Telegraph and Herald are noteworthySIGNALAAcross 31: One challenges you to give in, taking on Observer, sayDEFIERAAcross 32: Video deception by leaders in dubiously elected executive presidencies fooling all, kindling enmityDEEPFAKEDDown 1: Get Listener misdirection at lastEARNDDown 2: Recognise one with all-consuming interests being upsetKNOWDDown 3: Boatman replaces leader of house in Slough with fixed gazeSTAREDDDown 4: Skip Wee Stinker, inverting riddle's outer limitsSCAMPERDDown 5: About one oddly intense GeniusEINSTEINDDown 6: Certain old penniless escort on an ’orseGUARANTEEDDDown 7: Release slow Orwellian nurseUNFASTENDDown 11: 'Make do with less': politician ousted to go downhill fastSKIDDown 14: Rambling hesitation and blusterERRDDown 15: The officer in charge preceding disloyal person in command, claiming divine authorityTHEOCRATICDDown 18: Times creates puzzle that's rather dryEXTRASECDDown 19: Almost domesticated some pigs by the sound of drumsTAMBOURSDDown 21: See 14ANTDDown 22: Some really do by nature become uplifted by EverymanANYBODYDDown 24: Awful systems — nothing odd here — create ineffectual peopleWUSSESDDown 25: Age of bird, not beastEONDDown 29: Good! One newspaper has flairGIFTDDown 30: What the Inquisitor does: challenges where you must set aside timeASKS