The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 19th January 2009 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 19th January 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Don't contact workers in their free timeHANDS-OFFAAcross 5: You can't be sure when nursing themDOUBTSAAcross 9: Took life seriouslyMURDEREDAAcross 10: Canal bridge in an industrial townRIALTOAAcross 12: Final word from new aide to union leaderADIEUAAcross 13: Starts on the green and accelerates awayDRIVESOFFAAcross 14: Ham actor near to ruin in the long runMARATHONRACEAAcross 18: User of this revolver could get a jarPOTTER'S WHEELAAcross 21: Foreign money in a foreign landARGENTINAAAcross 23: This animal crossing bars the way for pedestriansZEBRAAAcross 24: Clubs competing over three milesLEAGUEAAcross 25: Stakes raised for the defenceSTOCKADEAAcross 26: Make harder to fathomDEEPENAAcross 27: Ardent, he may be following a causeADHERENTDDown 1: Volume of praiseHYMNALDDown 2: Rodin sculpted a number of blond, blue-eyed peopleNORDICDDown 3: Deliberate way to enter the financial marketSPECULATEDDown 4: Revealing, though unintentional, expression of a sinful pride, perhapsFREUDIAN SLIPDDown 6: Reserved for skatingONICEDDown 7: Ointment said to be used by the Royal FamilyBALMORALDDown 8: Artful secret of not having to paySCOT FREEDDown 11: Lacking a centre of gravity?LIGHT-HEARTEDDDown 11: Lacking a centre of gravity?LIGHTHEARTEDDDown 15: See chintz is ordered in sageNIETZSCHEDDown 16: Awkwardly positioned, moves ship that's been raised and escortedSPRAWLEDDDown 17: Hunted animal with a net, perhaps, then do nothingSTAGNATEDDown 19: Burning with fresh zeal after a bad startABLAZEDDown 20: Money found by scouts?TALENTDDown 22: Lacking purpose, but in France we get the pointNOUSE