The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 11th December 2024

There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 11th December 2024. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Giddy, similar having struck head
AAcross 5:	Serious film about a double Dutch lover?
AAcross 9:	One Direction’s corrosive agent on the radio?
AAcross 10:	Girl, cross with deadline, finally gets extension
AAcross 11:	Garbage in tum, husband – one of those?	HUMANDUSTBIN
AAcross 13:	Somewhere for swimming cap, one’s head!
AAcross 14:	Virtue in large settlement, hurrying to bank when last one divorced!
AAcross 17:	Stumble across wrong wire in security device
AAcross 18:	Bloomer in cunning manner initially erased
AAcross 20:	Is that concealed by instrumental entertainer?	HIDDENTALENT
AAcross 23:	Not appreciated – as a number made redundant?
AAcross 24:	Turkey probed by animal doctor, alas, some leave	DUVETDAY
AAcross 25:	Reassembly of gun, doable after unloading a weapon
AAcross 26:	Before year, second went fast
DDown 2:	Best lap
DDown 3:	Body part raised, black in colour
DDown 4:	Romantic novel read well!
DDown 5:	Where plants studied in old forest on which log cabin built, housing much appreciated
DDown 6:	Powdery on the moon, scrap’s gathered up
DDown 7:	He painted Earthling and Venutian, say
DDown 8:	The other pieces for old band	SEXPISTOLS
DDown 12:	Local call outlining prophecy
DDown 15:	I don’t want to listen – but a labourer might?	TALKTOTHE
DDown 16:	A generic kind of philanthropist or self-help guru
DDown 19:	Legend written below canopy of pine, part of trunk
DDown 21:	Doctor you and I had, healer
DDown 22:	See 15