The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 17th December 2014

There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th December 2014. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Try to keep cool behind back of Chris Martin
AAcross 5:	Clocks up in charts
AAcross 9:	Game Paltrow's playing with heartless one
AAcross 10:	After splitting underpants, fit can be tolerated
AAcross 11:	Sweet thing in red on picture
AAcross 11:	Sweet thing in red on picture
AAcross 12:	Sad is Coldplay's album?
AAcross 14:	Clear "conscious uncoupling" essentially is rubbish
AAcross 18:	Cycling race, clear to pedal
AAcross 21:	City big for country
AAcross 22:	Toilet is small for stars
AAcross 25:	To pretend to sing on track for show
AAcross 26:	Change ending to hit, one's up for success?
AAcross 27:	Get shot of Sun model after turning over papers
AAcross 28:	Speed of sound: nothing going for current engine
DDown 1:	Waste? Congress cut pay
DDown 2:	Paltrow's line difficult without former lover
DDown 3:	Cast agrees call to make epic
DDown 4:	Goes quietly inside and cries
DDown 5:	Course favourite getting special treatment
DDown 6:	Fix You, Coldplay's left on box
DDown 7:	Lawyers reviewed piece dealing with talk, endlessly
DDown 8:	Pod in sea picked up; depth subject of investigation
DDown 13:	Old telly model's leads; archaic set without colour
DDown 15:	Upset, show went on — run breaking story
DDown 16:	In production, we uncovered Coldplay hit
DDown 17:	Stories and books
DDown 19:	Retract one's rings?
DDown 20:	Apple for one, hugging band's leader, lost voice
DDown 23:	Line that is to bag — let me see part of gut
DDown 24:	See 9