The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th January 2003 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th January 2003. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Missing articles - llamas confused with lamas - I've got plenty of tricksSMALL SLAMAAcross 6: Deity some see as a tyrantSATYRAAcross 9: Expressive books that needn't be readSPEAKINGVOLUMESAAcross 10: 27 17 exposed to drinkAIREAAcross 11: Drink time (two days) put on as extraSUPERADDAAcross 14: Part of a 17, say, a beast of a weedDANDELIONAAcross 15: 17 on high groundCAIRNAAcross 16: Lana Turner's head turned at birthNATALAAcross 18: Say about Tracey being embraced by tinker, it appearsSEEMINGLYAAcross 20: African currency comes in a little bit casuallyAT RANDOMAAcross 21: See 10DALEAAcross 25: I'm at college: little work is required relative to how it's doneEPISTEMOLOGICALAAcross 26: Father's new hooterSIRENAAcross 27: 17 to shirk problem in former daysYORKSHIREDDown 1: Russian girl is ashamed to partSASHADDown 2: Vitamin B for BevanANEURINDDown 3: 17 has left Kipling's grey wolf and doesn't startLAKEDDown 4: See 3LANDDDown 5: Roman venue arranged for me darlin'MAVOURNEENDDown 6: For crossing palm with olive in Senior Common Room?SILVERCOINDDown 7: Boy's terror curtailed by drumsTIMPANIDDown 8: Top job topped - it's a hospital jobRESIDENCYDDown 12: 17 part of garden where heather's not raisedBEDLINGTONDDown 13: M for a holiday?FIRST OF MAYDDown 14: Wear for station abroad among the sandhillsDUNGAREESDDown 17: Row about slip up in the inventoryTERRIERDDown 19: Roman brothers get fat keeping up numbered chariotGRACCHIDDown 22: Little girl of the Spanish romanceELLIEDDown 23: Group one can't make outBLURDDown 24: Sure thingsEGGS