The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 9th January 2004 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 9th January 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Superlatively fine art sufferingSMARTESTAAcross 5: Burns doesn't do any work on bookBLAZESAAcross 9: Singular health centre surrounded by singular grassSQUEALERAAcross 10: Remarkable Scots look round or squareUNCOOLAAcross 12: Soviet leader in coat no longer politically correct in BelarusMINSKAAcross 13: Tough, shrewd and practical hands rode rangeHARD-NOSEDAAcross 13: Tough, shrewd and practical hands rode rangeHARDNOSEDAAcross 14: There's parliament - there's no substituteTHEREALTHINGAAcross 18: Talk for a change about empty apartmentCONVERSATIONAAcross 21: A strange device is better than one with nothing rightEXCELSIORAAcross 23: Antelope discovered by Maori biologistORIBIAAcross 24: Hard worker - one familiar with long-term investment?TROJANAAcross 25: Pacifier to go on trialDUMMYRUNAAcross 26: Action not premeditated by arbitrator going to lawREFLEXAAcross 27: Slough keeps articles enclosedSHEATHEDDDown 1: Heads of Shell and Esso accompany identical oil producerSESAMEDDown 2: A smoker in Arbroath turned in by graduatesALUMNIDDown 3: Shortcake mix on athlete's foot?TRACKSHOEDDown 4: Shippers heed order for foodSHEPHERD'S PIEDDown 6: Redhead has number left overLENINDDown 7: From America to Australia, revolutionary modern technology producing garb of the 1940sZOOT SUITDDown 8: Logo said to represent herbaceous plantSOLIDAGODDown 11: Significant development as holiday finishedBREAK THROUGHDDown 11: Significant development as holiday finishedBREAKTHROUGHDDown 15: To love, seek the love of one who's qualified for business in QueenslandTOOWOOMBADDown 16: Bird, in a manner of speaking, joining other ranksACCENTORDDown 17: Nick has to stop workKNOCK OFFDDown 17: Nick has to stop workKNOCKOFFDDown 19: One man in a boat looking up old addressSIRRAHDDown 20: Was an offender heard in a province of Pakistan?SINNEDDDown 22: Don't touch and goLEAVE