The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 1st December 2016 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 1st December 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Revived with oxygen after backing first horse in wet conditionsBORN-AGAINAAcross 10: Marketplace for anyone gambling on races and using tipsAGORAAAcross 11: Tried syncopated beatTIREDAAcross 12: Shaw's flower girl told Eliot to changeDOOLITTLEAAcross 13: North Americans' casual California hideaways reportedCANUCKSAAcross 14: Having no fun from creativity in one's lifetimeSPARTANAAcross 17: Each-way stakePUT-UPAAcross 19: Wins clearly initially, if at length criticises umpire's callKOSAAcross 20: Makes smooth pieces for pianist drawn from plain inspirationsIRONSAAcross 21: Backed favourite vainly, lacking enthusiasmTEPIDLYAAcross 22: Old King Boatman seen in pseudomorphsOEDIPUSAAcross 24: See 15INTHEBUSHAAcross 26: Time being the end of season formerlyNONCEAAcross 28: Allow time to take on outsiders in raceAGREEAAcross 29: Pinions perhaps by firm force with parts of feetCOGWHEELSDDown 1: Condone taking a gambleABETDDown 2: Fix odds in Derby fraud — no trial?DRY RUNDDown 3: Improved view, adapting plane details (just the wings) with CADLANDSCAPEDDDown 4: See 15HANDISDDown 5: Backs the last runners, not the firstENDORSESDDown 6: Takes a risk, being seen in a dressSARIDDown 7: See 15WORTHTWODDown 8: How a dark horse doesn’t appear to be at stakePALEDDown 13: Initial cutting replacing tip, to dead-headCAPUTDDown 15: Clue: the pastern’s broken, but this horse won with certainty; it's better than gamblingABIRDINTHEDDown 16: Features in rows, not a single oneNOSESDDown 18: They help gamblers and prostitutes missing out having a flutterTIPSTERSDDown 19: Old IT device in BASIC wordplay to checkKEYPUNCHDDown 22: Model here reveals a bit of leg — heavenly!ONHIGHDDown 23: Boatman could be one better?PUNTERDDown 24: "Gosh!" = "ok"ISAYDDown 25: Vessel's crew (émigrés in part, returning)EWERDDown 27: Report on drugs used for reliefEASE