The Guardian Cryptic AnswersThursday, 26th December 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 26th December 2024. View the answers below.. All The Guardian Cryptic Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Belittle fine hair, reportedly grizzledDOWNGRADEAAcross 6: Liberal dons prosper and flourishBLOOMAAcross 9: Vessel of canoers that oddly disappearedAORTAAAcross 10: Vacuity of Victor, annoying in spadesVAPIDNESSAAcross 11: Radical female sib enthralled by French painterLEFT-WINGERAAcross 12: Bones huge as boomerangsOSSAAAcross 14: Argue with Republican point of viewWRANGLEAAcross 15: Virile chap, explosive and well practisedSTUDIEDAAcross 17: President pursued by fat loverABELARDAAcross 19: United relegated from league after midfielder’s first international benefitMILEAGEAAcross 20: Heartily necking beer and cabbageKALEAAcross 22: Fed up of bad serfs running amokBRASSEDOFFAAcross 25: Secrets of earl and girl behind boozerESOTERICAAAcross 26: Limited name-dropping is entertainingSCANTAAcross 27: Fulfil desire to be masterDOYENAAcross 28: New Englander in Danish territoryGREENLANDDDown 1: Slowly speak of attraction, and pull at lastDRAWLDDown 2: Computer model of firearm we designedWIREFRAMEDDown 3: Scot sawing a leg offGLASWEGIANDDown 4: Start to adjust ball bearing very earlyADVANCEDDown 5: Completely timeless vamp is supremely powerful womanEMPRESSDDown 6: Asked criminal to cover me, heading offBADEDDown 7: Complies with order, knocking stuffing out of yobsOBEYSDDown 8: Badly manage squeamish and lethargic nursesMISHANDLEDDown 13: Stuffed admiral in holdFULL NELSONDDown 14: Timid setters have to entertain a couple of kingsWEAK-KNEEDDDown 16: Lover wearing scent picked up at counterINAMORATADDown 18: Sweetie left in bottleDARLINGDDown 19: Recalling one’s bet is bad moveMISTAKEDDown 21: Can probably empty pottyLOOPYDDown 23: Thick journalist is doomedFATEDDDown 24: Observed articulate contretempsSEEN