The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 9th January 2007 There are 13 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 9th January 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Avoid securing a great return from stringCATGUTAAcross 6: Makeover for cleric with loudspeakerREVAMPAAcross 9: Trick Scottish king started firstBEGUNKAAcross 10: Confectionery a prerequisite for global constitution?ALLSORTSAAcross 11: Unconventional kit for type of race or huntDRAGAAcross 12: Token presence of master rowers circumventing London districtMAKEWEIGHTAAcross 13: Endless rest in maple syrupSEMPITERNALAAcross 18: Illicit cargo of fish concealing books by travel writerCONTRABANDAAcross 21: Song of mirthGLEEAAcross 22: Affability of retired aristo admitting one to residenceBONHOMIEAAcross 23: Bands injecting drug by the riverGANGESAAcross 24: What's left in France is consumedESTATEAAcross 25: Journalist in "Total Recall", a ghastly womanMEDUSADDown 1: Fight for way to reign over horseSTRUGGLEDDown 2: Hobo collecting 'eart-throb's rubbishBUNKUMDDown 3: Sully an overstuffed cow?DEFLOWERDDown 4: Enlightenment is holding list upSATORIDDown 5: Bawl about woman's treeCHERRYDDown 7: Unreliable pilot's first yacht capsizedPATCHYDDown 8: Tar with arm and knees dislocated at sporting venueMARKETRASENDDown 14: With whom to have a game of "mummies and daddies"?PLAYMATEDDown 15: No seasickness in slang for seafarerARGONAUTDDown 16: Crabby cryptographer's admitting nothingMOROSEDDown 17: Second part of 8, surprisingly, involves end of Tennessee WilliamsSERENADDown 19: Note about a great success on the islandTAHITIDDown 20: Qualification in 60 minutes!DEGREE