The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 1st January 2010 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 1st January 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: "Three swans" is one of the answersANAGRAMAAcross 5: But some of these are DownsUPLANDSAAcross 10: What a doctor does with pinsSPINAAcross 11: Familiar name for the stern — um!BREASTBONEAAcross 12: This apple is partly Russian and FrenchRUSSETAAcross 13: Force through a transport mergerRAILROADAAcross 14: It shows the cricket score dailyTELEGRAPHAAcross 16: Pale interestSTAKEAAcross 17: A prince's badgerHARRYAAcross 19: Measure a plotALLOTMENTAAcross 23: One who promised too much?BIGAMISTAAcross 24: Close finishENDINGAAcross 26: Titleholders?BOOKSTANDSAAcross 27: Benefit from a gin cocktailGAINAAcross 28: Town where the Royals are at homeREADINGAAcross 29: People who trouble me leastMALTESEDDown 2: God of the planetsNEPTUNEDDown 3: Tribal inheritance sounds like Levi'sGENESDDown 4: Judge deciding on lost tribe in ArabiaARBITERDDown 6: I've no answer! I'm all over the placePASSIMDDown 7: Place for ashes in the garden?ARBORETUMDDown 8: Study a gospel landDENMARKDDown 9: Line taken by southern city dwellersMETROPOLITANSDDown 15: Set aside, like a scabby cobEARMARKEDDDown 18: Fatty pie made with sodaADIPOSEDDown 20: Covers each territory abroadOVERSEADDown 21: They help to raise kidsNANNIESDDown 22: Warmer and dry in appearanceMITTENDDown 25: Get a numberDIGIT