The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 4th January 2008 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 4th January 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Nothing interrupts torchlit military bandCOHORTAAcross 4: Initially regular sorties disrupted by electrical componentRESISTORAAcross 9: It's biting cold and dry outsideACRIDAAcross 10: Moodiness of sweetheart taking turn with weaponPETULANCEAAcross 11: Boatman, one doomed to ship broken idolGONDOLIERAAcross 12: Cut short from midfield to cover pointELIDEAAcross 13: Badly timed and impervious to salt?UNSEASONABLEAAcross 17: Singer having a drink chez moi?AMYWINEHOUSEAAcross 20: Heretic's study of Scriptures down underARIUSAAcross 21: Creaky chair mute after treatmentRHEUMATICAAcross 23: Deleterious effect of thaw almost drowning borderDETRIMENTAAcross 24: Teacher travelled by water to ItalySWAMIAAcross 25: Scam to get back valuable item from European aristocratCONTESSAAAcross 26: Ascetic East German city, formerlyESSENEDDown 1: Audible mistake made by bell-ringers?CLANGOURDDown 2: Control mechanism restraining Germany with difficultyHARDNESSDDown 3: Soldiers turned to God in Latin 5RODEODDown 5: Infiltrate marquee housing travesty of main turnENTERTAINMENTDDown 6: Sickness calling for medication - not initially on toastILL HEALTHDDown 7: Fools about with famous Belgian?TINTINDDown 8: Make allusion about drug jointREEFERDDown 10: Screws leader of Polish cavalry carrying offspring to battlePRISONWARDERSDDown 14: A vapour getting into the food in Farewell to ArmsARMISTICEDDown 15: Highly desirable female smell, rising, captivates virtuous manMUSTHAVEDDown 16: Portray second copy in flowerDESCRIBEDDown 18: Shakespearean sea creature concealing identity, after reflectionBARDICDDown 19: Ne plus ultra concerning Paris?HILTONDDown 22: Model absorbing energy from Jewish leaderMOSES