The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 31st January 2006 There are 12 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 31st January 2006. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 4: OS girl's offenceBIGAMYAAcross 6: Squirrel calls to mind a friar, as they sayCHIPMUNKAAcross 9: 8 volunteer in checkRETAINAAcross 10: Was Al Capone a knitting champion?SCARFACEAAcross 11: Dickensian plea?COPPERFIELDAAcross 15: Postage regulation - a feature of the Third ReichGESTAPOAAcross 17: Novel "Cat in the Hat" is responsive to touchTACTILEAAcross 18: Fraud is above a leader's wifeSUPERCHERIEAAcross 22: Brace of taps on the shoulderACCOLADEAAcross 23: Norma's redemption value?RANSOMAAcross 24: Reduce study with the intellectually challengedCONDENSEAAcross 25: Labour organisation - an issue in ArizonaTUCSONDDown 1: Politician in republic no longer a British possessionEMPIREDDown 2: See a smart girlCHICHESTERDDown 3: Police turn up to smash-and-grab raid from time to timeSPORADICDDown 4: A walk from prison to prisonBIRDCAGEDDown 5: Third party in confidenceGATEPOSTDDown 7: Secretary in the States is a sapUPASDDown 8: Look over fortificationKEEPDDown 12: Kid's computer accessory?FLOPPY DISKDDown 13: I, perhaps, may be under it when smallDIERESISDDown 14: One may handle safe explosivePETERMANDDown 16: What you do through bad management is forgivenABSOLVEDDDown 19: Break impact with article in the GuardianHIATUSDDown 20: Fringes cut from calico possibly not part of the clothLAICDDown 21: Medical examination fell by a quarterSCAN