The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 9th December 2012 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 9th December 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Gas let off by a politicianFIREDAMPAAcross 5: A plank on a yacht maybeABOARDAAcross 10: Month in America below zeroMINUSAAcross 11: Poverty's end is seen in reformNEEDINESSAAcross 12: Excite them with incredible nursery rhymeTHREEBLINDMICEAAcross 14: Tar at sea with sail and ropesLARIATSAAcross 15: Quite a few cut off by a lakeSEVERALAAcross 17: Order to desist, so visit cancelledCALL OFFAAcross 19: Choice of words found in short stories beginning differentlyDICTIONAAcross 21: Fictional lawyer and policeman row pointing to boundaryMASON-DIXON LINEAAcross 24: Playing air twice (short tune), 'Land of Hope . . .'RURITANIAAAcross 25: Stroll back, then head offAMBLEAAcross 26: Notice, on inlet, a large number of shipsARMADAAAcross 27: Clergyman never terribly overdrawn?REVERENDDDown 1: Celebrity in stage musicalFAMEDDown 2: Hacienda owner sprinted and caught the womanRANCHERDDown 3: Criminal element mostly after speed abroadDESPERADODDown 4: Dog fends tribesman offMANSBESTFRIENDDDown 6: Screen idol, at the end, crashing boreBLINDDDown 7: A row about the Spanish studioATELIERDDown 8: Send in lady to reform theme parkDISNEYLANDDDown 9: Son was sent up by barrister, one provoking debateDEVIL'S ADVOCATEDDown 13: Miserable girl in police vanBLACK MARIADDown 16: Be unsteady, unwell during leaveVACILLATEDDown 18: Odd having passionate desire over a period of five yearsLUSTRUMDDown 20: Soldier taken over impressive baseIGNOBLEDDown 22: Well-known record, Donovan's firstNOTEDDDown 23: Guide boy round centre of AmsterdamLEAD