The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st January 2008 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st January 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Very genuine propositionSOLICITAAcross 5: Distress Victoria during huntTRAVAILAAcross 9: One small petition is the matter of concernISSUEAAcross 10: Delivery contains record of pictureDEPICTIONAAcross 11: Father managed moral development in a mystic wayPARANORMALAAcross 12: Storyteller about to complainRAILAAcross 14: Turn cold when getting warmer jacketWINDCHEATERAAcross 18: Salute nearby membersPRESENTARMSAAcross 21: Love English flowerNILEAAcross 22: The pit of despairDEPRESSIONAAcross 25: A rodent enters river that's clearEXONERATEAAcross 26: Senior fabricator loses weightELDERAAcross 27: Son has pluck exorcising a curseSCOURGEAAcross 28: West transfixed by metal spike finally in performanceMATINEEDDown 1: Mean agent kidnaps boy in IndiaSKIMPYDDown 2: Distinction is a falsified resultLUSTREDDown 3: Charlie favours Little Prince's fresh startCLEANSWEEPDDown 4: Royal family died in revolutionary battleTUDORDDown 5: Entertainer can depart as arrangedTAP DANCERDDown 6: Chief gets letters from marchionessARCHDDown 7: One is unable to tuck into beer in SpainALICANTEDDown 8: Peer under berth for letterLANDLORDDDown 13: Isn't Peters awfully resolutePERSISTENTDDown 15: Men dare to change in cathedralNOTREDAMEDDown 16: Freedom for old bird on the lochOPENNESSDDown 17: Flush, gush and fussWELL-TO-DODDown 19: Managed to clear shelterRIDDENDDown 20: Peacekeepers' troops initially regret being deceitfulUNTRUEDDown 23: Discharge man steeped in drinkRHEUMDDown 24: Beneficiary gives pronounced impressionHEIR