The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 19th January 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 19th January 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Orthodox priest taking pot shot at compilerESTABLISHEDAAcross 9: Impose restrictions on tea in leaderless African countryENCHAINAAcross 10: Plug for Sunday hatSTOPPERAAcross 11: Bad-mouth fresh crepe garnished with fruitDEPRECATEAAcross 12: Shed puts paid to the islandISLAYAAcross 13: No more drinks on the magazine!TIMEAAcross 14: Admirer of Iron Maiden's "Number One Sausage"?HEADBANGERAAcross 16: Recording of heartbeat broadcast during reception in New York?TICKER TAPEAAcross 19: Ruler beginning to sink in pitchTSARAAcross 21: Zeus's lover had returned in stateIDAHOAAcross 22: One big, bland, blundering improvisationADLIBBINGAAcross 24: Language of novelist in churchCHINESEAAcross 25: Must dialectal Scandinavian be so dull?MUNDANEAAcross 26: Produce fertiliser concealing universal truthMANUFACTUREDDown 1: Means of suppressing dreadful shame and panic - seem coldESCAPE MECHANISMDDown 2: Drinks to the closure of "Spare Rib"TEASEDDown 3: Wrap up the players on timeBANDAGEDDown 4: Stand that is designed as an alternativeINSTEADDDown 5: 24 natives pick up Soldier John, a ruffianHOOLIGANDDown 6: Extract hypothetical element (deuterium) and accidentally gas the police with itDEPHLOGISTICATEDDown 7: Germany's head correct about Germany? Only joking!GEDDITDDown 8: Earnest request for sportsperson to change sidesPRAYERDDown 15: On which to play song about fruit? On the contraryMELODEONDDown 16: Appear nervous, supplying toe of newt to necromancerTWITCHDDown 17: Twist of fate secures booze for East End pickpocketTEA LEAFDDown 18: Fighting talk from European vermin (tailless)POLEMICDDown 20: Weather-beaten but carpeted?RUGGEDDDown 23: Looking up excerpt about Nabokov's languageBANTU