The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 16th January 2008 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 16th January 2008. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: See 24 downTOGETHERAAcross 9: Face for the radio might be so?PLAINAAcross 10: Oven meal, but no starterOASTAAcross 11: On which the day's business is prepared, or otherwiseORDER PAPERAAcross 12: Pair of kings securing oil producers Russian moneyKOPECKAAcross 14: See 24 downYOURSELFAAcross 15: Doctor attending more anaemic Sicilians herePALERMOAAcross 17: Acknowledgment given when time-piece runs backwardsRECEIPTAAcross 20: Influence others to ensure immediate success of liposuction, might you say?MAKEONESAAcross 22: Flap wings of thrush going through bumpy rideDITHERAAcross 23: Line got reversed on page among stuff for cipherCRYPTOGRAMAAcross 24: Hot filling seat that's hot!PHEWAAcross 25: In sound, the perfect thing is to test depthPLUMBAAcross 26: Struggle against first of chains during escapeCONFLICTDDown 1: A nearby resident almost caught old Conservative doing u-turn, the rotter!COCA COLADDown 2: See 20 acrossFELTDDown 3: Silence understood to mean troubleSHTOOKDDown 4: Times when one died entering brawlsFRIDAYSDDown 5: A fresh river mouthAPERTUREDDown 6: Girl turning up with blokes in street given griefHARASSMENTDDown 7: Posh wife embraced by little Dickensian, as was Jeffrey BernardUNWELLDDown 13: Test foreign students about Nepal regularly, before universityELEVEN-PLUSDDown 16: Complaint of middleaged blokes creating an awful stink among unruly gatheringsMANBOOBSDDown 18: See 20 acrossPRESENCEDDown 19: Bird appears creamiest toplessOSTRICHDDown 21: Piano kept in dry below A sharpABRUPTDDown 22: One's dotty, seeing neat '60s teenager head over heels in loveDOMINODDown 24: Advice to self-pitying curtains?PULL