The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 12th January 2010 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 12th January 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Scrap with new head, French politicianGISCARDAAcross 5: Back strike's target, what's caused by atmospheric pollutionMIASMALAAcross 9: Moony held by Fiennes retreatingLUNARAAcross 10: Among returned negatives there's a 50% chance of finding the author of …STEVENSONAAcross 11: … 1 down (and too much Silver) on 12 or in 2TREASUREISLANDAAcross 13: Bars for the bar?INNSAAcross 14: Flint village with fruit of the forest?HAWARDENAAcross 17: I'm inside right: little prince is one firstPRISONERAAcross 18: Stake and it is quite slowANTEAAcross 21: Modern science needs stated modern and evident remediesNUCLEAR PHYSICSAAcross 23: Piece of music unsuitable as voluntary?OBBLIGATOAAcross 24: The volunteers have a Greek characterTHETAAAcross 25: Very bad infant under 7 lbs gets topped and tailedABYSMALAAcross 26: English in unhappy French city in ItalyTRIESTEDDown 1: First attempt at numbersGOLDDDown 2: Pacific element, for example, in which beheaded archbishop is on horseSAN FRANCISCO BAYDDown 3: A sweet girl's name for a flierAIRMANDDown 4: Clue for time at south of France causes rowDUSTUPDDown 5: Roman patron's mother changed a sceneMAECENASDDown 6: Much of the new world bogus, according to Bucks townAMERSHAMDDown 7: Salad from Damascus with doctor's rent settledMUSTARDANDCRESSDDown 8: Wild celandine by river, one without a partnerLINEDANCERDDown 12: A ship with a lion adrift went to 11HISPANIOLADDown 15: One boy embracing another is giving the false impression that it's always happeningTOKENISMDDown 16: Wild harebell in Munich, perhapsBEER HALLDDown 16: Wild harebell in Munich, perhapsBEERHALLDDown 19: Missing with cast at channel of speechTHROATDDown 20: Leader of the drunkards, one that's given to street crimeTSOTSIDDown 22: Entrance money, 1 down for 2?GATE