The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 16th December 2015 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 16th December 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: To avoid losing energy, mother touring city gets guideVADE MECUMAAcross 6: Show disdain with clues written the wrong waySPITAAcross 10: Cameron and Osborne blocking current changeCOINSAAcross 11: Battling with foremost of setters and their artSWORDPLAYAAcross 12: New dialect coming from area around mouth?DELTAICAAcross 13: Then I see inside bright lobbySOLICITAAcross 14: Stuck a fancy note and cards in postATONESWITSENDAAcross 17: Students don't easily follow concept in political philosophyCLASS STRUGGLEAAcross 21: Stargazer is someone with a conviction about one constellationGALILEOAAcross 22: Firm with a flipping furious workerADAMANTAAcross 24: Fat, eating rubbish? Time I'm sent away to get a petite figureSTATUETTEAAcross 25: Terrorists backing intelligence from Middle Eastern countryIRAQIAAcross 26: A bit of excitement for people dating?ITEMAAcross 27: What could be 90-ton lightweightNONENTITYDDown 1: Sin by iconic rebel clergymanVICEDEANDDown 2: Bore physician, needing his servicesDRILLDDown 3: Where the rubber trade's plied, or a maple sugar's refinedMASSAGEPARLOURDDown 4: With assets emptied, taps into business with good revenue streamCASH COWDDown 5: Flash behind TV when satellite disappearsMOONSETDDown 7: Tracker of criminal traveller given £1,000 to hide diamonds twicePOLICE DOGDDown 8: Car's a trifle old, reaching junction in reverseTOYOTADDown 9: Flattery overwhelms daughter in cute pants, it's learnt laterADULT EDUCATIONDDown 15: Be undecided about transformation in Tesla coilOSCILLATEDDown 16: Renovate expensively — grand door frames providedGENTRIFYDDown 18: Back off beach, returning catch to dockSHORTENDDown 19: Sort of deal involved aid with rentTRADE-INDDown 20: Ex-champ is a legend wanting a comebackAGASSIDDown 23: Entering capital, turned up taxi countersABACI