The Guardian Everyman Answers - Sunday, 24th December 2017 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Everyman crossword on Sunday, 24th December 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Everyman AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ditch fish in river? On the contraryTRENCHAAcross 4: Time for example consumed by random planSTRATEGYAAcross 9: Protest in error about railwayOUTCRYAAcross 10: Eccentric joke, best aroundCRACKPOTAAcross 12: Author of tales with exhausted villain possessing one unknown powerBEATRIXPOTTERAAcross 14: Famous sign of assent to protect tribe's bordersNOTEDAAcross 15: Brief record, hot gem mostlyEPHEMERALAAcross 17: Wine waiter right after start of meal in a certain loungeSOMMELIERAAcross 19: Film to follow while making jellyASPICAAcross 21: Learner in tangled web overdrawn in dystopian novelBRAVENEWWORLDAAcross 24: Private signalINTIMATEAAcross 25: Move restlessly following identification and captureFIDGETAAcross 26: Predicted worry about ring, antiqueFORETOLDAAcross 27: Drink during supper, no doubtPERNODDDown 1: Player isn't robot designed to cover milesTROMBONISTDDown 2: Passage further north of courtEXTRACTDDown 3: Case in which vehicle goes over top of roof?CARTRIDGEDDown 5: Bought red car, newly equipped to be more powerfulTURBOCHARGEDDDown 6: Racecourse firm in days gone by, not softASCOTDDown 7: Ruler with energy, politician with heartless delusionEMPERORDDown 8: Legendary creature still on islandYETIDDown 11: Fellows supporting one in authority with a line that's tentativeEXPERIMENTALDDown 13: Very happy about central element in inquiry detectives explainedELUCIDATEDDDown 16: New mail he sorted at the same timeMEANWHILEDDown 18: Medium crustacean, not large? CriminalMOBSTERDDown 20: Standard earlier name for modelPARAGONDDown 22: Acknowledge commercial with mass appealADMITDDown 23: Able to rise above loud argumentTIFF