The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 5th December 2000

There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 5th December 2000. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Smart fuzz infiltrating infiltrator
AAcross 4:	Investor's holdings in punishment
AAcross 9:	Gardener's enemy gets shot
AAcross 10:	Inspector's possibly true and mostly sincere
AAcross 11:	Stop for a b-break
AAcross 12:	Gassed outside Luxembourg? He should have been 19
AAcross 13:	Encouraging discovery of nouveau riche suit
AAcross 15:	Pen circumventing a hindrance
AAcross 16:	100 lines ? guidelines?
AAcross 17:	Opposing King's Men on the battlefield
AAcross 21:	Goddess following pastor turned head of Toby Belch
AAcross 22:	Eg "William's Wisdom"?
AAcross 24:	Timid creature's derisive comment on new modules
AAcross 24:	Timid creature's derisive comment on new modules
AAcross 25:	Evacuate invalid
AAcross 26:	Eliminating odd characters from "Scooby-Doo, the Prairie"
AAcross 27:	Left in a foul mood for Walton, perhaps
DDown 1:	Be profligate, returning records on impulse
DDown 2:	Make case for inclusion of star guest?
DDown 3:	Drill fills up small coins
DDown 5:	Irascible Tory losing heart but keeping score
DDown 6:	Painter depicts a block in verses	CANALETTO
DDown 7:	Use crystal ball to secure bearing on landscape
DDown 8:	The core of Freud and Jung's precise analysis of a sanctimonious character	CREEPINGJESUS
DDown 14:	Dropped acid during demo, fundamentalist-fashion
DDown 16:	Jester's 1 ac 11 that's likely to be terminal
DDown 18:	Old lady wrapping broken knee in cloth
DDown 19:	More willing to peg out in the back
DDown 20:	Two males mounting Alpine animal
DDown 23:	Party or dance about 5