The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th January 2001 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th January 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Produce most favourable result, but stated grade description's wrong!BEFORTHEBESTAAcross 8: Come together for photoCLOSE-UPAAcross 8: Come together for photoCLOSEUPAAcross 9: Map is hard to rollPLANISHAAcross 11: Having no fish, consumed prime sort of molluscOCTOPODAAcross 12: Expressed private resentmentRANCOURAAcross 13: Halfwits - stupid, backward and in the thick of thingsMIDSTAAcross 14: Urgent item broadcast across all news channelsIMMEDIATEAAcross 16: The man's tucked in - fit to burst!DEHISCENTAAcross 19: Vestment right for one 10COPERAAcross 21: High rock reportedly of importance to this resortTORQUAYAAcross 23: Retrieve from water fish pulled back in with lineLANYARDAAcross 24: One to frown, that is, to lower if put differentlySCOWLERAAcross 25: Drink and endless crack following lectureTEACH-INAAcross 26: Or that scorer, perhaps?ORCHESTRATORDDown 1: Puffed out, having rowed across lakeBLOATEDDDown 2: Dingy hole has made one dreadfully pale - well out of it!FLEAPITDDown 3: One's shot - and shoot in quick successionRAPIDFIREDDown 4: Explosive level produced from sulphurHEPARDDown 5: Demolished loaf of bread in styleBRAINEDDDown 6: Turn love letters, first and last, over to writerSPINOZADDown 7: Furnishes housesACCOMMODATESDDown 10: Grandsire to exchange, following hard bargainingHORSE TRADINGDDown 15: He may wickedly leave you without a leg to stand onMUTILATORDDown 17: Nurse seeking asylumHARBOURDDown 18: Sing, disregarding a companion wanting silenceSQUELCHDDown 19: Did lag do time previously in this connection?CONTACTDDown 20: He may play the game and break the lawPOACHERDDown 22: Battle of, say, PrestonpansYPRES