The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 6th December 2018 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 6th December 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Have impossible aims: go after bad weather gives wayCHASERAINBOWSAAcross 10: Regularly awry is pic: why I go for such a preview?WYSIWYGAAcross 11: Put old boy on back — it does nothing to cure himPLACEBOAAcross 12: Return homework about the French revolutionaryYIELDAAcross 13: Movement of eyes in modest loweringDECREMENTAAcross 14: European visits prosperous kingdomREICHAAcross 16: Sort of progression of cortege I'm organisingGEOMETRICAAcross 18: Chew gum, having drunk teaMASTICATEAAcross 19: Russian cavalry dropping lettuce in bagsSACKSAAcross 20: Doll has teeth and ears in the wrong placesTEAR SHEETAAcross 20: Doll has teeth and ears in the wrong placesTEARSHEETAAcross 23: Smooth old jazzmenCOMBOAAcross 24: Several overtures made by man to womanLEONORAAAcross 25: Caustic, say, about indefinite number admitted to craftPUNGENTAAcross 26: Absurd mother's horrid in these?BERMUDA SHORTSDDown 2: Unscrupulous lawyer heading off one's constant suppressed laughterHYSTERICSDDown 3: Said by some to have risen rapidly, but cutSAWEDDDown 4: Stiff sort of card supports equipmentRIGIDDDown 5: Succeeded dodging fare-checker? Outcome finally undisclosedINPECTOREDDown 6: Innocent bishop deprived of golden fabric?BLAMELESSDDown 7: Place questionWHEREDDown 8: On vacation, no one may use computers!AWAYFROMITALLDDown 9: Approaches some seaside towns for football and rugbyCONTACTSPORTSDDown 15: After heroin, moralist turns to a drop of the hard stuffHAILSTORMDDown 16: Serious distance to one's final destinationGRAVEYARDDDown 17: Lying about boss, nearly newRECUMBENTDDown 21: Around the same thing, live and loveADOREDDown 22: Pasta cooked as appetisersTAPASDDown 23: Positive attitude in small company lettersCAN-DO