The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th December 2006 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th December 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Silly farce sure to appear againRESURFACEAAcross 6: Question about going after hatTOPICAAcross 9: OT -- even I must be ready to start again!BACKTOSQUAREONEAAcross 10: Accomplished poet loses heartDONEAAcross 11: Insulating material like cream on ospreys' wingsASBESTOSAAcross 14: Preacher, getting hot, who writes: "Gee! Oh!"GOSPELLERAAcross 15: There's nothing in cutting to reveal a cardTAROTAAcross 16: Antithesis of flare as source of lightTAPERAAcross 18: Being in love makes Auden more whimsicalENAMOUREDAAcross 20: Starving members of sect given food outsideFAMISHEDAAcross 21: Gulls going over resortsSPASAAcross 25: Oddball lay overhead and slewLEE HARVEY OSWALDAAcross 26: Collar for French countSEIZEAAcross 27: Sounding sporty like Serena and Venus Williams?TENNESSEEDDown 1: Fanatical military operation to capture bridgeheadRABIDDDown 2: Not much time for another helpingSECONDSDDown 3: Hotelier providing formal documents for auditorRITZDDown 4: Too content for Royal SocietyALSODDown 5: Rider earns quiet breakEQUESTRIANDDown 6: Communist country's leading danceTURKEY TROTDDown 7: Device that draws Cassius, for examplePLOTTERDDown 8: Old drunkard without principles given a coatCREOSOTEDDDown 12: Pansy to suit a bed of roses?HEARTSEASEDDown 13: Miserable material for a movieBLUEVELVETDDown 14: Software developer with pen to fill in oversize pagesGATEFOLDSDDown 17: Ceremony -- one that is taken up in an ancient cityPOMPEIIDDown 19: Further chances to view theatrical fare?REPEATSDDown 22: Players crossing line move stealthilySIDLEDDown 23: Colour therapy finally used in prisonCYANDDown 24: Muck, say, disclosed retrospectively in Hamlet's place? Not half!ISLE