The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 21st January 2009 There are 15 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 21st January 2009. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Wasted the bacon sandwiches I cutAITCHBONEAAcross 10: Character on rugby field, ancient king with 1 24 acrossHOFFAAAcross 11: Equip with central part in future to stop crashKIT UPAAcross 12: Very best main attraction?TOPDRAWERAAcross 13: Honeybunch and sweetie-pie, say, with 1 24 acrossTERMSOFAAcross 14: Take it easy, if copyright of song is yours!LIE DOWNAAcross 17: I love to get stuck into stupid dialectIDIOMAAcross 19: See 7MENAAcross 20: Duck died, strangled by old magistrateDODGEAAcross 21: University to take off unsigned forms, they concludeENDINGSAAcross 22: Transport by cart, say, always 'ard in reverseDRAYAGEAAcross 24: See 1NICHOLSONAAcross 26: Auditor's fashion cutMOWEDAAcross 28: See 3RINGSAAcross 29: Unlikely story, ancient spa harbouring new well!URBANMYTHDDown 1: Actor Bill has rejected scriptwriter's material, companion admitted to AlJACKDDown 2: King Edward, perhaps, supporting shilling as old coinSTATERDDown 3: Distribution of letters in cinematography wasn't witless with 1 24 acrossTHEPOSTMANDDown 4: Not exactly partial to mints or toffeesSORT OFDDown 5: Old craft, given variable energy, flower power doubled upZEPPELINDDown 6: Overcook fishCHARDDown 7: Famed ego now damaged with 1 24 acrossAFEWGOODDDown 8: Fish, survivor of the 16th century?PARRDDown 13: See 3TWICEDDown 15: See 13 acrossENDEARMENTDDown 16: Relative English written in French resortNIECEDDown 18: In fall, southern leaves blueINDECENTDDown 19: I'm upset, given nothing special, having finished Japanese foodMISOSOUPDDown 22: End cut from waste pipe filling European riverDANUBEDDown 23: See 3ALWAYSDDown 24: One squealing, as upsetNARKDDown 25: Oven grill's surface wipedOASTDDown 27: Author held up one sideDAHL