The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 17th December 2008

There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th December 2008. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Ransom organised for some Italians
AAcross 5:	Paper hat for a dunce
AAcross 5:	Paper hat for a dunce
AAcross 9:	Hostile reaction to Haydn's oratorio
AAcross 10:	Open one in light meal
AAcross 11:	Number of people in a theatre
AAcross 13:	Garden design
AAcross 14:	A rum item turned green
AAcross 17:	Planks for getting on the boat
AAcross 18:	Sleeping spider on the table
AAcross 20:	A model interpretation
AAcross 23:	One instrument in another
AAcross 24:	Our tight untidy flat
AAcross 25:	Support for marriage
AAcross 26:	Clink is in revolt
DDown 2:	The property we own, of course
DDown 3:	Material taken from a party by Daisy
DDown 4:	Move in well-connected circles
DDown 5:	Where young ladies end up?
DDown 6:	State nicknamed sooner rather than later: OK?
DDown 7:	Keep small barrel in street
DDown 8:	She was first in line at the Records Office
DDown 12:	They meet anonymously
DDown 15:	Try out an orphan's harsh regimes
DDown 16:	Birds avoiding the last half of mighty storms
DDown 19:	Percher from the nuthatch family by the sound of it
DDown 21:	An officer in very daring leap
DDown 22:	Dangerous ice is so watery