The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Monday, 19th December 2011

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 19th December 2011. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 7:	Resolve to be unconscious after the party
AAcross 8:	Pick off the bird
AAcross 9:	Turkey — but Marian is cooking with duck!
AAcross 10:	One of Santa's reindeer — with a long tail?
AAcross 12:	Wrongly assert these are Christmas daisies
AAcross 13:	Swapping presents — the impudence!
AAcross 14:	Two presents impossible to locate
AAcross 17:	A boy acquiring djinn, oddly
AAcross 20:	Winter dance thrown for enjoyment?
AAcross 22:	Blooming choir spoilt start of "Deck The Halls"
AAcross 24:	Gather it's what people may go to church at Christmas for
AAcross 25:	Woollen scarf worn in cold weather — Job's one wasn't much help!
AAcross 26:	Note down new present
AAcross 27:	Love helping after a party
DDown 1:	Finally toasting the party-givers in spirits
DDown 2:	Jesus knew it as a child — using Tehran A-Z?
DDown 3:	China's unusual Christmas decorations
DDown 4:	Christmas present drawer acting as a guide	RUDOLPH
DDown 5:	It's natural to see a robin around the start of Noel
DDown 6:	Social activity following high jinks	APRESSKI
DDown 11:	A moraliser, not someone like Scrooge, it's said
DDown 15:	Pretty useless object on the tree?
DDown 16:	Christmas fare always includes traditional sort of ale
DDown 18:	Give one an order: "Put up the ornaments!"
DDown 19:	Old man's cracking nuts
DDown 21:	Property of the Magi
DDown 22:	Remove top of boxes to reveal presents
DDown 23:	In the freezer find diamonds, a Christmas present