The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 7th December 2016 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 7th December 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wally, the pickpocket's son, gets creditDIPSTICKAAcross 5: Dry American conspiratorBRUTUSAAcross 9: Abandon players on holidayCAST AWAYAAcross 9: Abandon players on holidayCASTAWAYAAcross 10: Measure third of volunteers first to get signed upENLISTAAcross 12: Implication makes many quarrelDRIFTAAcross 13: Apple girl cooked for jazz musicianGRAPPELLIAAcross 14: Artist gets Bob endlessly agitatedGAINSBOROUGHAAcross 18: Long to dress daughter with outstanding accessoryHANDKERCHIEFAAcross 21: Curse deterioration in a weaponSWEARWORDAAcross 23: Doctor gets large elephant head? That's some beastMOOSEAAcross 24: Singer allowed to keep a pubLINNETAAcross 25: Work the land in infamous prisonBASTILLEAAcross 26: Betray woman more readilyRATHERAAcross 27: Drills type of junction boxTEA CHESTDDown 1: Judge finds detectives taken in by bankerDECIDEDDown 2: Finished one small drinkPASTISDDown 3: To rail about a small breakfast utensilTOASTRACKDDown 4: Caught droppin' curry in the sports pavilionCHANGINGROOMDDown 6: Approach made quicklyRUN-UPDDown 6: Approach made quicklyRUNUPDDown 7: [Threefold function of rehearsal]TRIAL RUNDDown 8: Keep one's place — international race in viewSIT TIGHTDDown 11: Botched array disrupted energy sourceCARBOHYDRATEDDown 15: Irate chum upset? He's quite illRHEUMATICDDown 16: Artist sees women slither aboutWHISTLERDDown 17: Web of global proportions to detain space travellerINTERNETDDown 19: Player's remarkably agile around circuitGOALIEDDown 20: Church set in a hollow is respectableDECENTDDown 22: Old magistrate with a billREEVE