The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 9th December 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 9th December 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Awkward sod, Tim Henman, getting a reprimandADMONISHMENTAAcross 9: Oddly, mean to host activity for summer?MATHSAAcross 10: High cost with monarch’s hosierySTOCKINGSAAcross 11: Court judges politician with fury in AmericaUMPIRESAAcross 12: Distance, say, a horse-drawn cart goes to the westYARDAGEAAcross 13: Like a pleasure-seeker in the disco, dancingHEDONISTICAAcross 15: Girl left behind, as Americans sayLASSAAcross 18: Disorder in dining roomMESSAAcross 19: Complimentary strong drink for a non-conformistFREE SPIRITAAcross 22: Return to clergyman, crossword setter and modelREVISITAAcross 24: Captain Scott’s starter – smoked fishSKIPPERAAcross 25: Flowery shrub from Hyde Park employee, as some sayHYDRANGEAAAcross 26: What lazy person does, spreading lies about DemocratIDLESAAcross 27: Trips in Tulsa Chilean organisedHALLUCINATESDDown 1: Some want iPod, especially in the UK and New Zealand?ANTIPODESDDown 2: An incorrect character in London-to-Leeds road raceMISPRINTDDown 3: Homes for Robin and Jay, perhaps?NESTSDDown 4: Synopsis of plot beginning to shift Conservative policySTORYLINEDDown 5: Manufacturers of extreme bits of magenta kitchenware – ridiculous!MAKERSDDown 6: Indian regularly ignored assent from German warriorNINJADDown 7: Attack American president no. 41 or 43AMBUSHDDown 8: Drug dealers losing head, or theatre workersUSHERSDDown 14: Trained tiger cats, using a cunning planSTRATEGICDDown 16: Bizarrely cool Paris citadel many tourists visitACROPOLISDDown 17: In shop, Tim is this person with a half-full glass?OPTIMISTDDown 18: Planet, hardly empty, with soggy groundMARSHYDDown 20: Batter is extremely tough and impetuousTHRASHDDown 21: Attack flipping idiot, in troubleASSAILDDown 23: Party very upset – Kamala drained alcoholic drinkVODKADDown 24: Son with French bread where tapas may be servedSPAIN