The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 4th January 2005 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 4th January 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Slick, but not in this stateWELLOILEDAAcross 10: Second to leave the Gunners and last to go in field of playARENAAAcross 11: How to go about waking the dead?NOISILYAAcross 12: Some greenery of a lake that's 13OAKLEAFAAcross 13: Taken in when 9 (but not 24)DRUNKAAcross 14: Fish with a pole in it and it's sparklingBRILLIANTAAcross 16: 9ONEOVERTHEEIGHTAAcross 19: 8 23 22 and given food containing gum for protectionSAFEGUARDAAcross 21: Cornish resort entertains core of night shiftBUDGEAAcross 22: Top level backing for element in royal revolutionOVERLAYAAcross 23: 8 23 22 to scrap in warehouseSTORAGEAAcross 24: Taken in by school's reportEATENAAcross 25: Slapped when 9PLASTEREDDDown 1: Kind of entrance as wording's so 13SWINGDOORSDDown 2: Dilute at 13's level of verticalityALTITUDEDDown 3: Hamlet's poor fellow is one about in cityYORICKDDown 4: Insect without a skinFLAYDDown 5: Warned by a note on day I cast offADMONISHEDDDown 6: 13 baulked over right Oxford representativeDARK-BLUEDDown 7: Spirit of Dutch cityGENEVADDown 8: As clued above in 9?HALFDDown 14: Prohibit pay rise accepted by exposed primateBARBARY APEDDown 15: Bird with journalist in city gets rights of ownershipTITLEDEEDSDDown 17: On the lookout for six pounds invested in big oneVIGILANTDDown 18: Become holy when lowest is promoted to top churchyardGOD'S ACREDDown 20: Fate is to get 13 on this occasion?FIESTADDown 21: 9 by start of ball gameBLOTTODDown 22: See 8OVERDDown 23: See 8SEAS