The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 17th December 2014 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 17th December 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Try to keep cool behind back of Chris MartinSWALLOWAAcross 5: Clocks up in chartsRECORDSAAcross 9: Game Paltrow's playing with heartless oneWATERAAcross 10: After splitting underpants, fit can be toleratedENDURABLEAAcross 11: Sweet thing in red on pictureGINGER SNAPAAcross 11: Sweet thing in red on pictureGINGERSNAPAAcross 12: Sad is Coldplay's album?DISCAAcross 14: Clear "conscious uncoupling" essentially is rubbishCONSPICUOUSAAcross 18: Cycling race, clear to pedalACCELERATORAAcross 21: City big for countryLAOSAAcross 22: Toilet is small for starsCANIS MINORAAcross 25: To pretend to sing on track for showPANTOMIMEAAcross 26: Change ending to hit, one's up for success?THUMBAAcross 27: Get shot of Sun model after turning over papersDISPOSEAAcross 28: Speed of sound: nothing going for current engineMACHINEDDown 1: Waste? Congress cut paySEWAGEDDown 2: Paltrow's line difficult without former loverACTINGDDown 3: Cast agrees call to make epicLARGE-SCALEDDown 4: Goes quietly inside and criesWEEPSDDown 5: Course favourite getting special treatmentRED-CARPETDDown 6: Fix You, Coldplay's left on boxCUREDDown 7: Lawyers reviewed piece dealing with talk, endlesslyRABBIT ONDDown 8: Pod in sea picked up; depth subject of investigationSEEDCASEDDown 13: Old telly model's leads; archaic set without colourACHROMATICDDown 15: Upset, show went on — run breaking storyNARRATIVEDDown 16: In production, we uncovered Coldplay hitWALLOPEDDDown 17: Stories and booksACCOUNTSDDown 19: Retract one's rings?ANNULIDDown 20: Apple for one, hugging band's leader, lost voiceTREBLEDDown 23: Line that is to bag — let me see part of gutILEUMDDown 24: See 9POLO