The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 18th January 2007 There are 15 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 18th January 2007. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Goethe's Isolde's housing position advancedTHESISAAcross 5: Bicycle a vexed Congress eschewed in this stateCELIBACYAAcross 9: Refuse to be buried in this country and packLANDFILLAAcross 10: Tip: endlessly act the displeased critic, a most venomous creatureTAIPANAAcross 11: Pledges from junior to men in suits receiving thanksUNDERTAKINGSAAcross 13: Down and dirtyBLUEAAcross 14: Slave follows formDOGSBODYAAcross 17: Brummie's round? So it is, flower!MYOSOTISAAcross 18: Section of garden line to provide a canvas coveringLAWNAAcross 20: Artist's game attempt to capture French islandBRIDGETRILEYAAcross 23: Perhaps Thomas gets TV medical series after praise from publicistPUFFERAAcross 24: A real sceptic ought, some say, to accept "Hello!" lives with final pinch of saltNIHILISTAAcross 25: Leisure industry's capital: endless resortsIDLENESSAAcross 26: Crown on high alertTIP-OFFAAcross 26: Crown on high alertTIPOFFDDown 2: Ace is put in with it in stackHEAPDDown 3: In need of a life, you seize broadcast of old Jewish partySADDUCEESDDown 4: Daughter enters Bright RowSHINDYDDown 5: Sort of beetle found on hops in holiday resortCOLORADO SPRINGSDDown 6: Stupor induced by Lambert, the misspelt tabloid South AmericanLETHARGYDDown 7: Pancake gives sprite with no "go" independenceBLINIDDown 8: Trade reduced: act to prevent too quick a descent?CHANGEDOWNDDown 12: Popular holiday region in which to act crushedPLAYGROUNDDDown 15: Botched entry from board - corporation failureBELLY-FLOPDDown 16: It's small time stuff, acquiring energy, for one taking out a fiery creatureST. GEORGEDDown 19: Out of fashion, Derby?OLD-HATDDown 21: Writer enters two consecutive letters in dictionary back to frontDEFOEDDown 22: Answer riddle without a tip? Can't see that happeningASIF