The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Tuesday, 31st December 2024

There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 31st December 2024. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Male detective’s kind of party
AAcross 9:	Preface perhaps key
AAcross 10:	Degree of warmth attending a kind of party
AAcross 11:	Little rabble in party	BABYSHOWER
AAcross 12:	Party where rubbish bags left
AAcross 14:	Piece behind bar broken by drunk, finally – good shot!
AAcross 15:	Small hamper for kind of party
AAcross 17:	Party disrobing heir in spoilt child
AAcross 20:	Reflection of love child, say – as whoopee made?
AAcross 22:	Like dripping taps, odd bits cast in silver
AAcross 23:	Foreign senator keeps party leader in opposition very close	ATONESDOOR
AAcross 24:	Party clobber
AAcross 25:	Diva’s first private kind of party
AAcross 26:	Two kinds of party drink
DDown 1:	Driver second if not invested in hard work
DDown 2:	One bird or more soaring?
DDown 3:	Bottle shown by male driver?
DDown 4:	State where a woman ruined by gin after a party
DDown 5:	Keep party dish out
DDown 6:	Miss show that is holding auction
DDown 7:	Classes where dope given time
DDown 13:	Sending up light starter in grapefruit, pickled onion on top!
DDown 16:	Semi-intoxicated, for example, bedding Republican delegate
DDown 18:	Fancy dress with it, a failure
DDown 19:	Back of ghetto toured by buddy, I don’t like that part of town
DDown 21:	Call for help when discovered with a tin, rattled about for collection
DDown 22:	Kind of party in office after charitable event set up
DDown 24:	Launch backhander