The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 6th December 2017 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 6th December 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Wise fool ignoring content of inane booksSAPIENTAAcross 5: Will supplement of fish oil initially improve capacity for love?CODICILAAcross 9: Mates saunter about surrounding bit of propertyASSETAAcross 10: Leaves Gillette founders with millionsLITTLEGEMAAcross 11: Abrasive doctor appears extremely narkedSANDPAPERAAcross 12: Find FIFA banning all females in Asian countryINDIAAAcross 13: Are sick of blighter with shedRETCHAAcross 15: Institution raising issue of defunct generatorsORPHANAGEAAcross 18: Half-hearted hostility and dismal dazzleSPLENDOURAAcross 19: Perhaps Guinness works to eliminate boundaries?ACTORAAcross 21: Oddly dismissing Carnegie Hall's backer and investorANGELAAcross 23: Vocal work of Mercury inspiring boy band at firstTORCH SONGAAcross 25: Radical change to sport's corporate imageFIREBRANDAAcross 26: Behold Shakespearean heroine with retrograde moonVOILAAAcross 27: Ageing yodeller dropping round, unfortunatelyELDERLYAAcross 28: Scramble and vault on walls of EtonENCRYPTDDown 1: Not so dense, spelling "bum" rightSPARSERDDown 2: Dotty pants a lot after giving birthPOSTNATALDDown 3: Jet set romps regularly in barESTOPDDown 4: Travelling to the pole, in need of papTELEPHOTODDown 5: Provide grub, but not supportCATERDDown 6: A country boy turned up to welcome American BuddhistDALAI LAMADDown 7: Charlie grew old behind barsCAGEDDDown 8: Cordial setter's absorbed in short newspaper articleLIMEADEDDown 14: Help the French ban kind of moustacheHANDLEBARDDown 16: Say obscene words about substandard gamePARTRIDGEDDown 17: Write on sex with variable confidenceAUTHORITYDDown 18: Half-inch fairy kindles revoltSNAFFLEDDown 20: Scratching head, expecting rulingREGNANTDDown 22: Blush, stuckGOREDDDown 23: Miniature bears puff and creepTOADYDDown 24: Unruly leaders of Viking hordes often cause absolute chaosHAVOC