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    The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 8th December 2022

    There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 8th December 2022. View the answers below..
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    Number# Clue Answer
    AAcross 9: Shambles! No good Queen covering up final note from Freddie Mercury
    AAcross 10: Match of variable quality
    AAcross 11: Brass still coating rupees from the east
    AAcross 12: Breaking law, even US journalists must consider thisNEWSVALUE
    AAcross 13: Silver and such like? One investigates prices
    AAcross 14: Look, I'm visibly happy to get picked up
    AAcross 17: Summon a naked malefactor to accept fine
    AAcross 19: Grunts from pigs quietly going out
    AAcross 20: German you sent west pocketing pound for tip
    AAcross 21: King, when retiring, strokes bird
    AAcross 22: Steel, say, was shown by artist beset by defamation
    AAcross 24: Palladium rejected because screw contains iron
    AAcross 26: Left over fag rolled — it helps me think clearly
    AAcross 28: Moving spades, detect components of nickel
    AAcross 29: Gag staff must keep wearing? This is irregular
    DDown 1: Indication submariner is surfacing
    DDown 2: Raducanu's back, more confident one wants high returns
    DDown 3: Around opening, one hammered sheet for platinum?
    DDown 4: Spies a place where men go
    DDown 5: Chrome etc with a lot of rust on Sierras, oddly
    DDown 6: Clap about engineers turning up fuel
    DDown 7: Speculators loudly vote for gold
    DDown 8: Large pole's covered in lead
    DDown 13: Leaders removing one dent in iron
    DDown 15: European queen with talent for being calm
    DDown 16: Made to run by header from Lucy Bronze?
    DDown 18: Start to lose heart after fan rejects intro from Lady Gaga
    DDown 19: Copper Age road men rebuilt
    DDown 22: Criminal admitting racket in transported goods
    DDown 23: Government, say, blocking revolutionary ruler
    DDown 24: Rifle butt might contain this
    DDown 25: Zest to put away doughnut or substantial puff
    DDown 27: More than one tin article in case of canvas
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