The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 5th December 2018 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 5th December 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cover put around album not working? It's beyond remedyINSURMOUNTABLEAAcross 9: Behind blocking name of offensive broadcastTRUMPETAAcross 10: Things one has to discuss by phoneCHATTELAAcross 11: Foreign royal smuggled drug repeatedlyRANEEAAcross 12: Mixture to decant into pan, covering for ravioliPOTPOURRIAAcross 13: Notice incompletely attired earl, one getting a talking-to?ADDRESSEEAAcross 14: Power of great city is ebbingSINEWAAcross 15: Some abstaining, others in barINGOTAAcross 17: Flee or fly in traveller's seatSKEDADDLEAAcross 20: Frantically on the go, I see, like the Houses of ParliamentNEO-GOTHICAAcross 20: Frantically on the go, I see, like the Houses of ParliamentNEOGOTHICAAcross 22: Retrograde and the like in religious book groupOCTETAAcross 23: What mums do at night, bored by routineLACTATEAAcross 24: Time for fooling around carnival city, theoreticallyA PRIORIAAcross 25: Thus drinking in break, one leaves wine cocktailSINGAPORESLINGDDown 1: Hold reason for beheading number of revolutionariesINTERNATIONALEDDown 2: Turned down drive with little room to reverseSPURNEDDDown 3: Transported again after theatre showREPRESENTDDown 4: Main inhabitant has work after a monthOCTOPUSDDown 5: Gent's clothing down, on the gameNECKTIEDDown 6: Recalling medic for a missionALAMODDown 7: Charged after having departed Roman siteLATERANDDown 8: Knackered wife to relax with swimmer's sportALLINWRESTLINGDDown 14: Rocky base affected roads in coastal regionsSEABOARDSDDown 16: Coaching cooking, tossing out a dishGNOCCHIDDown 17: Swimming, Phelps maintains top speed in hard journeySCHLEPPDDown 18: Put plainly, any number tucking into cakeEN CLAIRDDown 19: Horseman and I went off to the northDETTORIDDown 21: Primate called round to begin withORANG