The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 5th January 2001 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 5th January 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Little heraldic Red Indian's first ball, maybe given by a dogGUIDANCEAAcross 5: Happy on excessive time with odd twos and ones, singer Johnny loses his head - not very cool stuff for appeal on boardPLEASEAAcross 9: Fanatical coleopterist reported to be chewed upBETEL NUTAAcross 9: Fanatical coleopterist reported to be chewed upBETELNUTAAcross 10: Here and now in time to followATTHISAAcross 12: See 5THROWSTONESAAcross 15: See 10POINTAAcross 17: Maples for the "One Nation" (a little bit of Disraeli)ACERACEAEAAcross 18: The English Miss Goddard has it in place of a chipEPAULETTEAAcross 19: See 5DONOTAAcross 20: Prisons for soldiers who shouldn't 12GLASSHOUSESAAcross 24: Legal statement of grievance by one in factoryPLAINTAAcross 25: Writing after death, I go in to bury a revolutionaryOBITUARYAAcross 26: See 5NOTICEAAcross 27: Safe shelter in new townPETERLEEDDown 1: Sweet dumbing downGOBSTOPPERDDown 2: Bury alive? In a transitional state from trivial 10INTERVITALDDown 3: Shining silver baseAGLOWDDown 4: Form of trial: make up to mother before itCOURT-MARTIALDDown 6: PM always here, seemingly, with some defamatory remarks on lout culture?LOTUS LANDDDown 6: PM always here, seemingly, with some defamatory remarks on lout culture?LOTUSLANDDDown 7: A revolutionary's yearning?ACHEDDown 8: How to stand on a chair? No problemEASYDDown 11: Sound of non-commercial lowland prophetess having nothing to be said for itINDEFENSIBLEDDown 13: Best way to hold up pub: everyone for striking, via the net?TENNIS BALLDDown 14: Write a succulent article in French with a number of columnsPENTASTYLEDDown 16: Lawrence Walker, cine-producer, looking good on the boxTELEGENICDDown 21: Far from normal in the way you treat meOUTREDDown 22: Frank and actors are mineOPENDDown 23: See 22CAST