The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 1st January 2007 There are 14 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 1st January 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: House gets money owing back for nurseryHOTBEDAAcross 5: The problem of race?OBSTACLEAAcross 9: Freshly minted trademark three quarters finishedBRAND-NEWAAcross 10: Royal house, divided internally, naturallyORANGEAAcross 11: Oscar's tiptop variety of bar snackPOTATOCRISPSAAcross 13: Big name in the performing artsSTARAAcross 14: It's slung out when scrappingTUSSLINGAAcross 17: Again, but for the last time?ONCE MOREAAcross 18: Slough's outbuildingSHEDAAcross 20: Party under cover?POLICYHOLDERAAcross 23: Potency of port half an hour laterVIGOURAAcross 24: Such tolerance may be a matter of degreeLATITUDEAAcross 25: Tyres can burst in raceANCESTRYAAcross 26: Neglect order issuedDISUSEDDown 2: I got up to receive the king - a terrible personOGREDDown 3: One tap bar drunk may think himself NapoleonBONAPARTEDDown 4: Give fellow a noteDONATEDDown 5: Timothy and Helen, two combining in ariaONWITHTHEMOTLEYDDown 6: How bookies pay place money?SPOTCASHDDown 7: On which adders slide to and fro?ABACIDDown 8: He turns on a spider, perhapsLEGSPINNERDDown 12: A tenor isn't out to be loudSTENTORIANDDown 15: Cobbler's farewell ceremony?LAST RITESDDown 16: The Scriptures completely recorded, it's reportedHOLY WRITDDown 19: Revised point I'd raised with EdwardEDITEDDDown 21: Perfect way to make a holeINONEDDown 22: Roman day that is endlessIDES