The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 18th January 2005 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 18th January 2005. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Disorder when the Queen joins the volunteers?ASTHMAAAcross 4: Armistice cut short and broken by the swordSCIMITARAAcross 9: 6 taking drug for the secret of lifeGENOMEAAcross 10: Fellow in woman's clothing, cold and contemptuousSARDONICAAcross 11: Spotlit woman with a lot behind her?BROADINTHEBEAMAAcross 13: Heraldic flower in north European state leader's time and motion studyBALLISTICSAAcross 14: Peacemaker took the plunge across the waterDOVEAAcross 16: Elderly artist not quite making a comebackAGEDAAcross 18: As a Turk, rue sorting out Germany's pickleSAUERKRAUTAAcross 21: Make a mistake in thanking misguided attempt at quixotic behaviourKNIGHT ERRANTRYAAcross 23: Drink made of vegetable containing iodine and nitrogenPOTATIONAAcross 24: Left vehicle in northern townREDCARAAcross 25: Forbidden incursion of hair into the bath? Just the oppositeTRESPASSAAcross 26: What's emitted by Greek character leading sheep westwardSPUTUMDDown 1: No end of vulgar language on the boatARGODDown 2: Shoot with a 10-bore, almostTENDRILDDown 3: Boss lady and compiler writing to a hospital from the same sourceMEMSAHIBDDown 5: Ruler of roost given food, containing caper, on plateCHANTICLEERDDown 6: Sheep, none too bright, raised by diminutive characterMIDGETDDown 7: Tax Officer admits heavenly creature's a hybridTANGELODDown 8: City seized by strange inclination when lying downRECUMBENTDDown 12: One hungry to absorb Scripture into the bloodstreamINTRAVENOUSDDown 13: Boycotts narcotic in dangerous locationBLACK SPOTDDown 15: Ooze conceals sort of beauty, they saySKIN-DEEPDDown 17: Letter from Spain gets left near the bottom of the slopeEPISTLEDDown 19: Mostly tropical mixed fruitAPRICOTDDown 20: Silence in jail!SHUT UPDDown 22: Beat departed spiritDRUM