The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 15th December 2010 There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 15th December 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Kitty takes fish to cauldronJACKPOTAAcross 5: Maoist leader's penetration of moderate after revolution is a process of assimilationOSMOSISAAcross 9: Council for a fitter dogCORGIAAcross 10: Motto of the un-14 16 team? Whatever rocks your boat!DIFFERENTAAcross 11: See 10STROKESFORAAcross 12: Composition requiring oxygen and bodily fluid?OPUSAAcross 14: Drenching my own missis, ridiculous sportSYNCHRONISEDAAcross 18: Beds draw cat needing a snooze, beginning to drop offWHIPSNADEZOOAAcross 21: Laugh at dummyMOCKAAcross 22: Latest milk tooth, perhaps, was in frontNEW-FANGLEDAAcross 22: Latest milk tooth, perhaps, was in frontNEWFANGLEDAAcross 25: This setter's limited, to be fairIMPARTIALAAcross 26: Dramatic steps taken to get Brown to step down?TANGOAAcross 27: Bomb, say, catching European king from behindGRENADEAAcross 28: Enormous bottom on cute figure? Sugar!SWEETENDDown 1: Jolly ordinary chap circumnavigating islandJOCOSEDDown 2: Something reddish-brown, very red poisonCURAREDDown 3: Unpleasant person, unknown, hiding in birch treePRICKLY ASHDDown 4: Ins and outs, as advertised itinerary's held upTIDESDDown 5: In need of guidance certainly, having secured very poor gradeOFFCOURSEDDown 6: Find flesh by the earMEETDDown 7: Dolly so red-faced?SHEEPISHDDown 8: Reserve team inferior to East HamSET-ASIDEDDown 13: Girl clutching to individual, MarieANTOINETTEDDown 15: This, as fierce battle's ending, perhaps?CEASE-FIREDDown 15: This, as fierce battle's ending, perhaps?CEASEFIREDDown 16: See 14SWIMMINGDDown 17: Seasonal fare in the East London Observer?MINCE PIEDDown 19: Earth, say, provides energy to feed bush, perhapsPLANETDDown 20: Couple with a jacket on, I gatheredADJOINDDown 23: See 10FOLKSDDown 24: A song turning up — here?ARIA