The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 15th March 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 15th March 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Carry on praying aloud for this arty type?CULTUREVULTUREAAcross 8: Shed clueLIGHTAAcross 9: No love letters from him: a late developerHATE MAILAAcross 11: Some unspecified support from politician involved in Manhattan ProjectUMPTEENAAcross 12: Santa's helper having a day with Comic Relief?RUDOLPHAAcross 13: Yale key locked in his university admissionsELIHUAAcross 15: Harmonious Mercury hit, one side scratched, unfortunatelyEURYTHMICAAcross 17: Principal leading impulsivelyHEADFIRSTAAcross 20: Composer with acoustic pitchLISZTAAcross 21: Companion left between love and time of affectionCHOLERAAAcross 23: Relatively indulgent over free credit, sayNEPOTICAAcross 25: Outlaws outlaw song spiel!BANDITTIAAcross 26: "No man is an island"? This Arab's surrounded!OMANIAAcross 27: Ballot fixers in attractive colours, not our problemTACTICALVOTERSDDown 1: Exile's condition when stuck: oh, cruel abandonment!CULTURE SHOCKDDown 2: Help given when reading Latin, say, at universityLEGUPDDown 3: Put out man not working with childUPTHEDUFFDDown 4: Soup up in Franco-Chinese establishmentENHANCEDDown 5: I say his cheque may bounce!UTTERERDDown 6: Shrinking? Tense? I'm the sameTIMIDDDown 7: So the poet shines once more on sick, sorry museREILLUMESDDown 10: Sturm und Drang applied to mopheads?SHOCKTACTICSDDown 14: Lover yielding up a pitch to 26INAMORATADDown 16: Lens capturing some pachyderm in totoTELEPHOTODDown 18: Name a Tudor king climbing on the rocksRHAETICDDown 19: Linesman at Alice's croquet matchTENNIELDDown 22: Top oneself? Close thing!ENDITDDown 24: Article carried by another clan chieftainTHANE