The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th December 2003 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th December 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Part of the catch suffered cutHADDOCKAAcross 5: Sanitising agents for scouring passagesCENSORSAAcross 10: Perhaps sandal or shoe accessoryTREEAAcross 11: It's put on when the shadow is liftedAFTER-SHAVEAAcross 11: It's put on when the shadow is liftedAFTERSHAVEAAcross 12: Universities working in agreementUNISONAAcross 13: One could be ready for NemesisRECKONERAAcross 14: Girl, Lily, drunk in a familiar barAMARYLLISAAcross 16: Biblical name for Eliot's heartless marinerSILASAAcross 17: Jumbo's dangerous when at itLARGEAAcross 19: A good boy devoured the whole lotAGGREGATEAAcross 23: Station at Vichy looks cut offWATERLOOAAcross 24: "Caine Mutiny" originally flickered hereCINEMAAAcross 26: Free connection could bring you into such discussionCONFERENCEAAcross 27: A couple in the news?ITEMAAcross 28: Second bid to seal off quarantineISOLATEAAcross 29: Looks like tension initially in musclesASPECTSDDown 2: LETS, perhaps, be intimate in the morningACRONYMDDown 3: Put flags on battered red shipDRESSDDown 4: ... or 5 on the remote waterwayCHANNELDDown 6: When Richards was batting, he showed graceENRICHDDown 7: Student choosing otherwise would still have itSCHOOLINGDDown 8: Troubled, I arrive here for a seaside holidayRIVIERADDown 9: The first words of the novel "Train Spotting"STARTING POINTDDown 15: Mournful note - Greek playing fluteREGRETFULDDown 18: Lady-killers?AMAZONSDDown 20: A game for dodgers?RACKETSDDown 21: English politician in trial uproarTEMPESTDDown 22: Poet with little time for wineCLARETDDown 25: Green French water welling upNAIVE