The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 26th January 2010 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 26th January 2010. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Tend to have fixed ethosMIND-SETAAcross 1: Tend to have fixed ethosMINDSETAAcross 5: Vulgar girl taking boy back, getting in after 3am, say?LADETTEAAcross 9: See 26TRUTHAAcross 10: Second team taking drink by riverRUNNERSUPAAcross 11: See 26ECONOMICALAAcross 12: See 24RACEAAcross 14: Small tidal waves stopping what they'd put out for Eleanor and Michelle, perhaps …FIRSTLADIESAAcross 18: … while generosity towards them disappears, evergreen in the endLADIESFIRSTAAcross 21: Love in the way of a Parisian CasanovaROUEAAcross 22: Insignificant, about one division in threeTRIPARTITEAAcross 25: Was the star indeed almost half destroyed?HEADLINEDAAcross 26: Lying in wait, clutching mother-to-be, he appears shiftyBEINGAAcross 27: See 26WITHTHEAAcross 28: Part sheltered, I see, looking back — here?LEE SIDEDDown 1: Job with bank beneath meMETIERDDown 2: Cell with element of lighting, you are insideNEURONDDown 3: Choose self-destruction, learning costSCHOOLFEESDDown 4: Number of ankle parts is, one might tell, risingTARSIDDown 5: Misplaced as central English cityLANCASTERDDown 6: Does river run?DEERDDown 7: Devil's home, having settled up over obsessionTASMANIADDown 8: Empties empty, call reception perhaps for a strong drinkESPRESSODDown 13: Player in story can be taken into considerationFACTORABLEDDown 15: Mention having cup of tea skimmedREFERENCEDDown 16: Verse 150 where I improvisedCLERIHEWDDown 17: Military assistant taking a stick out to stab poet, endlesslyADJUTANTDDown 19: Centre of Torino, small Italian cityRIMINIDDown 20: Attention raised about item containing white, as black soundREGGAEDDown 23: Siegfried's last in Ring CyclePEDALDDown 24: Dead people's event?FLAT