The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th December 2013 There are 14 across clues and 10 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th December 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Rate it in greenCELERITYAAcross 9: See 3OFSALTAAcross 10: Modern and successful city hotelHI-TECHAAcross 11: Start to act strangely once seenSCENEONEAAcross 12: Long live the test!VIVAAAcross 13: Aunt is prim as a result of thisPURITANISMAAcross 15: Artist picked up according to girlCEZANNEAAcross 16: Wine served in cabarets in AmsterdamRETSINAAAcross 18: A toast and thunderous applause starts after Schubert compositionBRUSCHETTAAAcross 19: Having polished off dregs, drunk daughter's in a stateUTAHAAcross 20: Shiny animated designDIAMANTEAAcross 22: One by one, outspoken junior medical staff put in prisonINTERNAAcross 23: courseSLALOMAAcross 24: Birds fight and have argumentsSPARROWSDDown 1: The real McCoyDEFINITE ARTICLEDDown 2: All nations enlargeGENERAL ASSEMBLYDDown 3: Lightly seasonedWITHAPINCHDDown 4: Caesar declared this second blot on the landscapeEYESOREDDown 5: Warning call from Christian, perhaps?FOREDDown 6: Most enthusiastic, like Spooner's cheap crème anglaiseASKEENASMUSTARDDDown 7: Arms and a form of arm support make smooth replacement for 24 leadersSLINGSANDARROWSDDown 14: A jerk leading the Catholic Church?THEVATICANDDown 17: I don't believe articles first present in robberyATHEISTDDown 21: See 5NAME