The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 5th December 2012 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 5th December 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Jaunty, emergent person broadcastingDEBONAIRAAcross 9: See 2WORTHAAcross 10: Platinum-coated vessel that is said to gain attention on the quietPSSTAAcross 11: Nuts queue hours (not OK socially) to catch premiere of major work of 22 acrossHUMORESQUEAAcross 12: Waste fluid and Sweeney's foot drippingSWEATYAAcross 14: Bucket on TV bulbHYACINTHAAcross 15: See 13INPARISAAcross 17: Setter's just the thing, having polished off apeIMITATEAAcross 20: City, central European situation, tops for perfumery ingredientsESSENCESAAcross 22: Dark, sad, very oxygen-enriched creator of 4 26DVORAKAAcross 23: Unfussy as a consumer, Novello's put in one-off threatening surroundingsOMNIVOROUSAAcross 24: See 21TIMEAAcross 25: Force out? That's niceEXACTAAcross 26: See 4NEW WORLDDDown 1: Scorer managed, in absentia, football team's home successGERSHWINDDown 2: Strove in speech with moral excellence for US cityFORTDDown 3: Has dances confined by eg square dance movementSASHAYDDown 4: Month spent with Dr Werewolf, whence 13 15?FROMTHEDDown 5: Member employed to split the opposition?SWORDARMDDown 6: Ham actor, losing lead, is put off lovePROSCIUTTODDown 7: Force Faith to eat hat (just the top)THRUSTDDown 13: 1's work could be, say, Warhol at the Louvre?ANAMERICANDDown 16: Rudimentary travelling to China on back of horseINCHOATEDDown 18: Restraints of public transport around one third of the cityTRAMMELSDDown 19: Has to undergo housing shockASTOUNDDDown 21: Adder stretch standard from 1SUMMERDDown 22: Lives in blue abandonDISOWNDDown 24: God — soften sound!THOR