The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 22nd December 2015 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 22nd December 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Act as Bond, Connery-style?SHTICKAAcross 5: On which 747 is sir given important place to sleep?KEYPADAAcross 8: One who's not shocked left out idiotSAPHEADAAcross 9: When there's a loud boom, I must replace old deviceMACHINEAAcross 11: More than one can camp to go onCHEMICALTOILETSAAcross 12: Lane possibly leads to lake, one in SurreyLOISAAcross 13: Work records what bully's doing?OPPRESSINGAAcross 17: Process to fix a part for mother?RIGAMAROLEAAcross 18: Tower on slope — start climb via door at the rearT-BARAAcross 20: Those bowing to rich strangers post acrobaticsSTRING ORCHESTRAAAcross 23: One hand indicates this, another helpingSECONDSAAcross 24: Sport that woman needs bow to start, close to body?ARCHERYAAcross 25: Batting order for cricket?INSECTAAcross 26: Difficult defendant finally up for itTHORNYDDown 2: In onHAPPENINGDDown 3: I live by narrow inlet somewhere in EuropeIBERIADDown 4: One captures Farage fan getting in with revolutionaryKIDNAPPERDDown 5: Course on leaving it tidyKEMPTDDown 6: Most horrible keys I cut in errorYUCKIESTDDown 7: Single bananas I declined to bagASIDEDDown 8: They reject religion, as its rules start to cause riotsSECULARISTSDDown 10: Old country festival loads get to begin enteringEAST GERMANYDDown 14: Dodgy clue time! Shout about it being unenthusiasticRELUCTANTDDown 15: Been? I went dancing neither before nor afterIN-BETWEENDDown 16: Rapper detailed new intros to copyright every noteEMINENCEDDown 19: Unravel crossword in which there's something to get stuck onVELCRODDown 21: An American's observation of cheat, not for the first timeRECONDDown 22: Start both notes off — and tonesONSET