The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 11th December 2015 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 11th December 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Perhaps kiss and run? It's easy when greenSKI SLOPEAAcross 5: See 15BOUCHEAAcross 9: Aim of swat when rushingON THE FLYAAcross 10: Decoration for high priest …STRIPEAAcross 12: … and another taskTERPSICHOREAAcross 15: Recall what copper gong some heard, announcing first appetiserAMUSEAAcross 17: Brit and national leader separately entering 24MELPOMENEAAcross 18: Retreating, a country's expression of gratitude to unit for work as one flying the North AtlanticGREAT SKUAAAcross 19: Time after time love comes lastERATOAAcross 20: Before smile, spread out and wanderPEREGRINATEAAcross 24: Stole after breaking in, a recurrent disturbanceFRACASAAcross 25: Manage to include everything by compilerCALLIOPEAAcross 26: Blue pen written about West, if heading that waySTEAMYAAcross 27: Grey pen rewritten Pinter's fourth playPEERGYNTDDown 1: Good northern paintings put up in seaside location, not going farSHORT-RANGEDDown 2: Breaks resulted in disruptionINTERLUDESDDown 3: Rights of foreigners first for the chopLIENSDDown 4: They set the course for a king and queen to appear in Olympics broadcastPOLICYMAKERSDDown 6: Finally put horseradish sauce in noodle soup? That's not workingONTHEDOLEDDown 7: 25 not pale, somehowCLIODDown 8: Gummy garden galleryEDENDDown 11: Sounds like "quack", for example, is inappropriate terminologyFOULLANGUAGEDDown 13: Fed up with romantic casting aspersionsDEFAMATORYDDown 14: Refusal to enter Europe and make crazy all-encompassing resolutionDENOUEMENTDDown 16: Spirit found in this place? Most unlikelyECTOPLASMDDown 21: For starters, I do love endlessly relaxingIDLERDDown 22: Telescopes of universities partially looking up for themUFOSDDown 23: See 8TATE