The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th January 2001 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th January 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Amount to hollow, dirty humourCOMEDYAAcross 4: Done a sinAGREEDAAcross 9: Suit, perhaps, reversed in card-gameBRAGAAcross 10: A sort of doss - endlessly halcyon period, allegedlySCHOOLDAYSAAcross 11: A number jump over the dishPAELLAAAcross 12: Exploding mine penetrates dressing and ointmentLINIMENTAAcross 13: Consequence of 24 seen here?NEWSPRINTAAcross 15: Honest heart of masseur taken abackTRUEAAcross 16: Tips about religion from puritan?PRIGAAcross 17: Fully prepared to take chance on joints in the Home CountiesSHIPSHAPEAAcross 21: Exclamation about censor impounding king's birdCOCKATOOAAcross 22: The ultimate brew: Murphy's Original StoutUTMOSTAAcross 24: Renewed vigour making back bendSECOND WINDAAcross 25: Bird's mode of transportRAILAAcross 26: Hide worker's coinTANNERAAcross 27: Many material means of colouringCRAYONDDown 1: Waist or middle about to get floppyCORSAGEDDown 2: Tycoon's about-turn in chimneyMOGULDDown 3: Paradise Lost - a source of gloomDESPAIRDDown 5: Worn for a reasonGROUNDDDown 6: Rounded figure to finish up publicity and hype, initiallyENDOMORPHDDown 7: Senior member cheated out of cashDOYENNEDDown 8: Kind of hatpin or clip displayed round front of housePHILANTHROPISDDown 14: Pan's little chum in cropped fungusSTINKHORNDDown 16: Undertaking to stick outPROJECTDDown 18: Turned over record beneath sackPLUNDERDDown 19: Die embracing one's lovePASSIONDDown 20: Heavy stuff, say, with little marks coming upSTODGEDDown 23: Girl retaining right to joinMARRY