The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 1st January 2004 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 1st January 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Balance a vessel containing cold drinkSCALESAAcross 6: Pleased about a note, but certainly didn't look pleasedGLAREDAAcross 9: Get wrinkled serving men into conditionCREASEAAcross 10: Attractive bindingENGAGINGAAcross 11: Interior decoration gives many troubleDADOAAcross 12: Schooled in cunning with much effortSTRAINEDLYAAcross 13: Recent stage production of "The Spy"SECRET AGENTAAcross 18: Advise colleague in casual fashionINFORMALLYAAcross 21: Some furniture - a desk etc - for studyREADAAcross 22: A few words in condemnationSENTENCEAAcross 23: He going off, as the French sayLEAVERAAcross 24: Darted about and arranged some dealsTRADEDAAcross 25: An animal's lair amid rubbishRODENTDDown 1: An American Indian chief could make a long story longerSAGAMOREDDown 2: Staggers outside quietly and drives awayREPELSDDown 3: Blocking promotionPLUGGINGDDown 4: Talk of an Irishman - soft rascalBROGUEDDown 5: Mark, a good man, associated with rake surprisinglySTREAKDDown 7: Note fish hang aboutDANGLEDDown 8: Hunter might well go aheadDEERSTALKERDDown 14: Prompter dealing with the baby-sitter?REMINDERDDown 15: Tells of an arrest being wrongly orderedNARRATESDDown 16: A little crawler joining the currently popular partyINSECTDDown 17: When overdue, a lot of books may be hiddenLATENTDDown 19: Dreadful lout, a Western desperadoOUTLAWDDown 20: Cry out in pain, being chicken-heartedYELLOW