The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 20th December 2009 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 20th December 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Candle holder about to be stuck into cakeSCONCEAAcross 4: Programme information ringed by girlAGENDAAAcross 8: Vertical pipe, part of boiler I servicedRISERAAcross 9: English poet and Scottish one nearly surrounded by pigsSWINBURNEAAcross 11: Anger about British band in part of the USBIBLE BELTAAcross 12: Is desperate for massages, reportedlyNEEDSAAcross 13: Greeting shames incompetent fools, surprisinglyCOMPLIMENTSAAcross 16: See 13OFTHESEASONAAcross 19: Bacteriologist treated tripePETRIAAcross 21: Lazy types exhausted, last in heatsDEADBEATSAAcross 23: Poet in saddle on eastern hilltopCOLERIDGEAAcross 24: Mount Carmel's first sectionCLIMBAAcross 25: Crude fox's burrow at end of spinneyEARTHYAAcross 26: Open out a French bapUNROLLDDown 1: Writer's attribute article ignoredSCRIBEDDown 2: Almost take place next to principal brought over after duck dishOSSOBUCCODDown 3: Swear remedy must include touch of sunCURSEDDown 5: Crack crackers and become very angryGOBANANASDDown 6: Slow-moving shark in harbourNURSEDDown 7: Reluctant to produce a limerick?AVERSEDDown 9: Conceited dandy led the waySWELLHEADEDDDown 10: Lacking self-control, consuming alcohol to excessINTEMPERATEDDown 14: A short journey inside border for a venerable old ladyMATRIARCHDDown 15: Oarsman in races representing countrySAN MARINODDown 17: Parisian gangster quickly hiding heroinAPACHEDDown 18: Girl is first person to be murderedISABELDDown 20: Left in row for roof workerTILERDDown 22: Meat embargo hampering small companyBACON