The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 1st January 2001 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 1st January 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Top cut from this dipper served up for royaltyJOHN THE BAPTISTAAcross 9: He's taken many yearsHOSTAGEAAcross 10: There's little shelter from drink - one needs the poisonPORTICOAAcross 11: This fellow has no money, so changes banksBLOKEAAcross 12: There's sustenance when I turn into bananasNUTRITIONAAcross 13: Profligate has pound put back in the shadeROYAL BLUEAAcross 14: Feminist offers snarl, having got poor gradesGREERAAcross 15: The Queen's round numberETHERAAcross 17: Parish councillor offering terms with navy rumVESTRYMANAAcross 20: Canned beer (stored in the usual place) runs out, we thinkCEREBELLAAAcross 22: Smack with Ecstasy kept under the hatchesBELOWAAcross 23: Wine box upset, losing topRETSINAAAcross 24: White rum, say, means something to DonPALETOTAAcross 25: Drinker of rum and winter warmers will get liver damageLONGJOHNSILVERDDown 1: Stuff Roo with mashed heart of Kanga, feet of Pooh and Owl and half of Rabbit; add mush and liquorJOHN BARLEYCORNDDown 2: Man's attempt to secure love in bunk, allegedlyHISTORYDDown 3: Clerk touring part of France picked up by salespersonTRAVELLERDDown 4: The beginning of Lowry's Under the 17 down, without hesitation, is timelessETERNALDDown 5: He hasn't been all there since the operationAMPUTEEDDown 6: Compiler shouldering sea dogs' bonesTARSIDDown 7: Take action about one inspectorate's voluntary exitSUICIDEDDown 8: Poet to go to the bathroom and take from the tap?JOHNDRINKWATWRDDown 14: Liberator needs a wife: enter the young Lady DianaGARIBALDIDDown 16: House share with a one-eyed philosopher?HORATIODDown 17: When cut up, Love has power - Love has destructive powerVOLCANODDown 18: Hone the right to be informed?SHARPENDDown 19: Doctor gets big reduction, they say, on Russian cocktailMOLOTOVDDown 21: Begin a different way of life?BEING