The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 15th December 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 15th December 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Clubbers say "Perish the heretics!"ROTARIANSAAcross 10: See 23WILDEAAcross 11: Middle of the road prince with fairy aroundHALFWAYAAcross 12: He left heart (core) in confusion in place of fusionREACTORAAcross 13: Bird of the wildernessERNEAAcross 14: Contemporary village feature for union members onlyCLOSED SHOPAAcross 16: So I can do the weeding? That's novelIVANHOEAAcross 17: This foal is born disorderly becoming orderlyBRISTOLAAcross 19: Studies a form of theft which gives ...CONSPIRACYAAcross 22: ... power to everyone with a piece of groundPLOTAAcross 24: Casual attempt at rhymes for 22POTSHOTAAcross 25: See 17FASHIONAAcross 26: Beginners for Pulitzer prize make a bloomerTULIPAAcross 27: Business agreement that's first and last made in heavenFIRMAMENTDDown 1: Top church job for boys keeping good company with 3ARCHIEPISCOPATEDDown 2: Classical runner first seen in US cityATALANTADDown 3: Prosecutor with bird's name?CROWNDDown 4: Sailors spend recklessly in the shadeNAVY BLUEDDown 5: Appeal to teacher as to existence of deity?OSIRISDDown 6: 8 was most of 11 a 3TWOANDSIXDDown 7: Don't drop the eggs!CLUTCHDDown 8: Top church job, making tea - optional termMETROPOLITANATEDDown 15: Narrower at the bottom and the front, perhaps, and 17 25SHIPSHAPEDDown 17: ErifBACKFIREDDown 18: Floss Miller gives fantastic traveller a new startTULLIVERDDown 20: Rash Hotspur's danger?NETTLEDDown 21: Confirm suitable retreat into lightRATIFYDDown 23: Writer of Alice with words that are extraordinaryOSCAR