The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th January 2001 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th January 2001. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Running for the jobOPERATIONAAcross 10: Brave writer of "Jude the Obscure"HARDYAAcross 11: Small child to be returning with silver for shopping tripTOTE BAGAAcross 12: I'm worthless, so I belong all over the placeIGNOBLEAAcross 13: Edward joins the Royal Academy to be admiredRATEDAAcross 14: Mysterious clue and a hint that's wrongUNETHICALAAcross 16: Money gets chopped terrine always for a dogGOLDEN RETRIEVERAAcross 19: Those like yourselves initially absorbing a reprimand with a wet faceTEARFULLYAAcross 21: Roll lists Bachelor of Arts before returning memberBAGELAAcross 22: Told tales knocking back draught Spanish wineSANGRIAAAcross 23: Sentimental Matilda has wrinkle with its end not showingMAUDLINAAcross 24: Runny mud brings forth small citrus treeSLIMEAAcross 25: Paul Robeson sang of this dreamy surgeonLAZYBONESDDown 1: Frank's found just below Scottish riverFORTHRIGHTDDown 2: Wild duck swallows English dram, if dryTEETOTALDDown 3: Type of wire makes a lump on the divanBARBEDDDown 4: Phone the joinerRINGDDown 5: Second-hand cylinder could be repaired with itINDIRECTLYDDown 6: What makes you sing "Ha! Ha!" in China?SHANGHAIDDown 7: Language spoken by CIA outside boozer when travelling northARABICDDown 8: Some pretty person might do so in the officeTYPEDDown 14: Powerless to hold keepsake endlessly, being fallibleUNRELIABLEDDown 15: Snobbery concerning strokes seen in cricket groundLORDLINESSDDown 17: Imposed effectiveness in the endENFORCEDDDown 18: Very large person goes round lake after six, being watchfulVIGILANTDDown 20: I need a rambling poem by VirgilAENEIDDDown 21: Smears about second-class written descriptionsBLURBSDDown 22: Type of window where it gets quiet!SASHDDown 23: Network of hedges and grain by the sound of itMAZE