The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 20th January 2006 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 20th January 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Footballer's wife without reserve could be causticPOTASHAAcross 4: Principles of writing, including what is saidMORALSAAcross 9: One's being that heavy, a gambler is commensurately commendableSOMUCHTHEBETTERAAcross 10: Old warrior was a bullyHECTORAAcross 11: Not a sign of lawyersNOTARIESAAcross 12: Some compassion with most unusual signs of disorderSYMPTOMSAAcross 14: With books old king became informedLEARNTAAcross 15: Raving first-born turns on parentMANIACAAcross 18: Classic letter bore fruit for recipientPHILEMONAAcross 21: In form to be informed?ATSCHOOLAAcross 22: Bird diseaseTHRUSHAAcross 24: Novel "Another Banger" by - by car builder, they sayNORTHANGERABBEYAAcross 25: Boy reflects on having offendedSINNEDAAcross 26: York, say, comes to the boilSEETHEDDown 1: Astronomer contrived to employ with nothing lostPTOLEMYDDown 2: Bound to speak with confidenceTRUSTDDown 3: Movement, namely her getting back down underSCHERZODDown 5: Gold piece, a pound that's circulatingORBITALDDown 6: What Petruchio did literally and soundly?ALTERCATEDDown 7: Live in London suburb where drink is illegalSHEBEENDDown 8: Trousers with sizable feature in frontCHINOSDDown 13: A Windsor not up to universityPRINCETONDDown 16: Loudspeakers?ACTIONSDDown 17: Bach composition of a student in labourCHORALEDDown 18: It may be coughed up to help out vehicle makerPHLEGMDDown 19: US doctor curtailed computer facilityINTERNEDDown 20: Disgusting, like the ending of Hamlet?OBSCENEDDown 23: Potato lifting, except King EdwardREBUT