The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 9th January 2008 There are 15 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 9th January 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Blunder in obscurity and suffering in utteranceMISTAKEAAcross 5: Claim of 11 1 across is probably this guy with half a bearCOVER-UPAAcross 5: Claim of 11 1 across is probably this guy with half a bearCOVERUPAAcross 9: Part of 14 take some translatingLATINAAcross 10: Regular guy heard on way home with organROUTINEERAAcross 11: Consider on purposeDELIBERATEAAcross 12: Hot soup, gentle if possible, said 1 acrossSLIPAAcross 14: See 12OFTHETONGUEAAcross 18: A month at dice is bad: you will have to be detoxedASEPTICISEDAAcross 21: Good guy's setback with money in prison - 11 1 across?JUSTAAcross 22: Remove guys from country for model behaviourDEPORTMENTAAcross 25: Old book (in English) with change of heart may be past praying forINCUNABLEAAcross 26: Massacre the way the doctor does it?ALAMOAAcross 27: See 21TESTINGAAcross 28: Land where lions are on currencyDENMARKDDown 1: Is the child-bearing aristocrat a problem?MALADYDDown 2: Agree to form a colonySETTLEDDown 3: Novelist gets near, bent on ...ANNE BRONTEDDown 4: ... 1 across, our leaderless enemyERRORDDown 5: Very many left when aristocrat comes roundCOUNTLESSDDown 6: 5 across suggested for OpheliaVEILDDown 7: Current study replacing first in DivinityRHEOLOGYDDown 8: False hats?PORKPIESDDown 13: Carrier with satisfactory genes?GOODSTRAINDDown 15: Larder of traveller finding part of street paved with silver after cutbackTUCKER-BAGDDown 15: Larder of traveller finding part of street paved with silver after cutbackTUCKERBAGDDown 16: Don't allow wood over head of string playerBANJOISTDDown 17: Familiar footballer keeping medal with nightwearBEDSOCKSDDown 19: Buddhist tales feature in Muslim and Hindu homesZENANADDown 20: Busy with brace in shipAT WORKDDown 23: Mountain dweller coming in without more adoOREADDDown 24: Relation may be related on the other sideANTI