The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Monday, 2nd January 2012

There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 2nd January 2012. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	These lads may turn out to be immortal
AAcross 6:	Handy aid to warmth
AAcross 8:	Dog goes mad for fruit
AAcross 9:	Worn by a woman for a dance
AAcross 10:	Brings back games and increases keenness
AAcross 11:	Doubled over and collapsed	FOLDEDUP
AAcross 12:	Describing Hamlet and his rotten state
AAcross 15:	Chap from Belgium is a loyal subject
AAcross 16:	More than one out of two is of higher standard	ABOVEPAR
AAcross 19:	Fancied to win and made a pile
AAcross 21:	A pamphlet's sound — makes a personal appeal
AAcross 22:	Turned on bad parent
AAcross 24:	Flagrant licence
AAcross 25:	All too human story in which evil makes a comeback
AAcross 26:	Extremely light
AAcross 27:	Keep getting drunk? Now hang on!
DDown 1:	Put off writing letter to a relative
DDown 2:	It comes from the Latin, as far as one knows
DDown 3:	They work around the clock
DDown 4:	Flu? See a doctor at home
DDown 5:	Young army chap is awkward, but learns
DDown 6:	French writer's story set in the ruins of Rome
DDown 7:	Lucky yet strange turn o' fate
DDown 13:	Bar attire set out for judge
DDown 14:	Game for a drink after the dance
DDown 17:	Music hall medley
DDown 18:	Still in a terrible fluster
DDown 20:	Splitting hairs in divorce
DDown 22:	Spectacular effect when powder magazine finally goes up
DDown 23:	One guide — or a good many