The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 16th January 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 16th January 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Join with a colleagueASSOCIATEAAcross 6: Makes me eager to find ducksSMEEAAcross 10: Tea's fashionable in this groupCHAINAAcross 11: Sailor boy in waterproof hatTARPAULINAAcross 12: Put down iron againREPRESSAAcross 13: Fruit is found in the monsoon seasonRAISINSAAcross 14: Go to smart spot for romantic rendezvousTRYSTINGPLACEAAcross 17: Talk of shutting up the last address?CLOSINGSPEECHAAcross 21: Catches parents outENTRAPSAAcross 22: Keep away when one's love has departedISOLATEAAcross 24: Grief expressed at conditionCOMPLAINTAAcross 25: Something wrong when the Queen has nothing in the carERRORAAcross 26: Finished at 500 to 1DONEAAcross 27: Looks at tutor, which causes physical discomfortEYESTRAINDDown 1: 'Before Christ' for a Roman clergyman, to be exactACCURATEDDown 2: Cutting point on instrumentSHARPDDown 3: Colleague attending assembly in the customary mannerCONVENTIONALLYDDown 4: Rising artist isn't a bad craftsmanARTISANDDown 5: Listener let fall a pendantEARDROPDDown 7: Quiet journalist taken in by girl, one with exceptional legsMILLIPEDEDDown 8: This fellow sounds seriousERNESTDDown 9: Investment scheme appears a splendid ideaCAPITALPROJECTDDown 15: Recalling many chats with a sailorYACHTSMANDDown 16: Lady's record race, taking place over the mountainside?SHEEPRUNDDown 18: Encourage one to breathe inINSPIREDDown 19: Note Lister's damaged cartilageGRISTLEDDown 20: Was evasive, having received hot propertyFENCEDDDown 23: Large vessel used up in "The Mouse That Roared"AORTA