The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Thursday, 17th December 2009

There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th December 2009. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Penny steered badly when driven round the bend and …
AAcross 5:	… pressure has Don also going round the bend
AAcross 9:	Bird to move slowly? What about that?
AAcross 10:	Cortes prepared duck
AAcross 12:	Old comic welcomed on the golf course
AAcross 13:	Lose a sense of proportion when soldiers tuck into ham
AAcross 14:	Bachelor says bed companion is sweet
AAcross 18:	Is East in time for puzzle?
AAcross 21:	Search through swamp in North Africa
AAcross 23:	Vermin in doctor's practice
AAcross 24:	Guarantee rebuke when scratching head
AAcross 25:	Accommodation for pub fittings
AAcross 26:	Worn down journalist travelled inside
AAcross 27:	Catch the eye of porter grabbing joiner
AAcross 27:	Catch the eye of porter grabbing joiner
DDown 1:	Brave uncle
DDown 2:	Mean to irritate youth leader
DDown 3:	Former draughtsman in the Treasury
DDown 4:	Greek scholar in Muse's former quarters
DDown 6:	Awfully cruel medical condition
DDown 7:	Trace ten gone astray in the interval
DDown 8:	Throw up in pigpen that's extendable
DDown 11:	Rate the Torah badly in private discussion
DDown 15:	Boat in a river in Canada
DDown 16:	Confine to bed in A&E? That's novel!	ADAMBEDE
DDown 17:	Bridge opponents demand round of coffee
DDown 19:	Sister caught with one old ambassador
DDown 20:	Ridicule the regional tableware
DDown 22:	Give consent in Gretna Green