The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th December 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th December 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See if the underground's working in the labTEST TUBEAAcross 5: Secret police's 26STASISAAcross 9: Magic herb holding most of French score so as to stir one's emotionsMOVINGLYAAcross 10: Heard to tolerate North African portTOBRUKAAcross 12: Drunks that are dis-orderly - result goalLAGERAAcross 13: Background music to be cut to size?WALLPAPERAAcross 14: Sufferer from severe stress over Sun disclosing Western concernNERVOUSWRECKAAcross 18: Harpy's logic's used by learned travellerSCHOLARGIPSYAAcross 21: Dove-like plant, the second to surround walker in waterAQUILEGIAAAcross 23: See 19BROWNAAcross 24: Bone from the centre?RADIUSAAcross 25: Reptile beheaded amid distorted magicWIZARDRYAAcross 26: Stop and have a breather, do you hear?ARRESTAAcross 27: Instead, ancestral afternoon entertainment is providedTEADANCEDDown 1: A front for religion?TEMPLEDDown 2: Keep protecting silver from barbarianSAVAGEDDown 3: Don't keep a secret and don't be enclosed at end of ringTENORBELLDDown 4: Live to see the sea seethe less than usual?BELOWAVERAGEDDown 6: There's too much French about love for soldiersTROOPDDown 7: Provocative person canonised criminal JackSTRIPPERDDown 8: Most worshippers at 1 down (19 heaven) I enabled to flySIKORSKYDDown 11: Revealing bad turn onto motorway by one locally bornILLUMINATIVEDDown 15: Instrument for East Anglian water tableWASHBOARDDDown 16: A short row before breeze gets up in CumbriaASPATRIADDown 17: If the Queen take (the responsibility)SHOULDERDDown 19: Prosperous chancellor after holiday in the sun?GOLDENDDown 20: Catalyst for solvers raised outside New Zealand and setterENZYMEDDown 22: See 12LOUTS