The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 22nd January 2004 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 22nd January 2004. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Action in a struggle with tobaccoNICOTIANAAAcross 10: Original Englishman's club is L-shapedANGLEAAcross 11: Piece of garden space, not near church, to stage shenanigansBEDROOMAAcross 12: Poet and actor are like in dancesHOPKINSAAcross 13: Bump up the racket?RAMPAAcross 14: Anticyclones grant opportunity for football clubACCRINGTONAAcross 16: See 14STANLEYAAcross 17: See 19SURGEONAAcross 19: Change around, alien to Ireland (South), to encourage advance of professionalVETERINARYAAcross 22: See 10IRONAAcross 24: Report of joints at hide-out in LondonNEASDENAAcross 25: Horse for battery?CHARGERAAcross 26: Course of Spenser's 20SWEETAAcross 27: Bird, no chicken, entering award with the othersGOLDCRESTDDown 1: With doubly posh fellow other virtues point to modestyUNOBTRUSIVENESSDDown 2: A rebel's elevated goal, the world of learningACADEMIADDown 3: Was candidate to be put in the ground?STOODDDown 4: Refusal to include pollarded tree in mock sea battleNAUMACHYDDown 5: Plump for Mercury without funny hat, the old perpetual rollerFATHERDDown 6: Woodwork at the fish gateCARPENTRYDDown 7: A spirit favouring the youngAGEISTDDown 8: Deserter, first following through (unnamed) in vocal work, is unacceptablePERSONA NON GRATADDown 15: Fry it with oil and delete rococo qualityFLORIDITYDDown 17: With discipline sometimes for the birdsSTRICTLYDDown 18: Work up during morning tea?EARLGREYDDown 20: See 5THAMESDDown 21: Salad Days, say, soon coming upNONAGEDDown 23: See 11FARCE