The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 25th January 2006 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 25th January 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Behave irresponsibly - day must have broken then?LARK ABOUTAAcross 10: Flair needed for picking ring for marriage?NOOSEAAcross 11: Rolls may be what one turns up withCATERERAAcross 12: Sum of money advanced was sufficient to have invoked admiration, they sayIMPRESTAAcross 13: Praise a former racing championLAUDAAAcross 14: After month workers (with one chap extra) increasedAUGMENTEDAAcross 16: See 3GREATCHIEFTAINOAAcross 19: See 3THEPUDDINAAcross 21: Knight in voyage that isn't quickSNAILAAcross 22: Indian musician has oil splashed on foodRAVIOLIAAcross 23: Enthusiast hit something under the bonnetFAN BELTAAcross 24: Concealment when pair of leaders are lost in battleCRECYAAcross 25: What's offered with litre in hacienda, possibly?ENCHILADADDown 1: UV or IR deficiency - something bad for plants aroundBLACKLIGHTDDown 2: Push out priggish person full of nonsensePROTRUDEDDown 3: Tonight eat a fine, fancy, farinaceous suet-rich food - praised here incomprehensibly!FAIRFADDown 4: See 3YOURDDown 5: What killed King? Almost comic - a vegetable!STRING BEANDDown 6: A home in which a father's set footANAPAESTDDown 7: See 3HONESTDDown 8: Deal here known to Scots?KENTDDown 14: Ray's hidden explosive chemical compoundsANHYDRIDESDDown 15: Persecutor of Christians having edict - a lion to be let looseDIOCLETIANDDown 17: Greek character given name, male name with repeated wordTAUTONYMDDown 18: One day to go round the equivalent of Mars? That seems quite possibleIDARESAYDDown 20: Longed for death, having got over battleENVIEDDDown 21: See 3SONSIEDDown 22: See 3RACEDDown 23: See 3FACE