The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 5th January 2011 There are 16 across clues and 19 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 5th January 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Shortage when Germany lost groundEARTHAAcross 10: Lacking respect over neckline showing bustINSOLVENTAAcross 11: Ice heaped over protective wearHEADPIECEAAcross 12: A lot of cider seen at Twickenham?SCRUMAAcross 13: Country has two senior officers to 1,000 menMOROCCOAAcross 15: Colonial settler parking with no rear lightPLANTERAAcross 17: A number wearing clothes seen by the fireTONGSAAcross 18: Rotten fish cast backBADAAcross 20: Hood for one born illegitimatelyROBINAAcross 22: What's reflected in 29 building maliciously ruinedTRASHEDAAcross 25: Remedy after thaw — dumb play with comic hatMUD BATHAAcross 25: Remedy after thaw — dumb play with comic hatMUDBATHAAcross 26: Parking accessory with cops needing hesitationMETERAAcross 27: What Blair lacked in reported saga?FORESIGHTAAcross 30: Neglected state of Paris with dire confusionDISREPAIRAAcross 31: Without a red card?TAROTDDown 1: Get engaged to make setter quietMESHDDown 2: Experiment that pays lawyers to make it?TRIAL RUNDDown 3: Male entry for church appointmentCHAPDDown 4: THE thing that will go off …TIME BOMBDDown 4: THE thing that will go off …TIMEBOMBDDown 5: … has gone offASLEEPDDown 6: Spooner's window ledge blackened, which is unluckyILL-STARREDDDown 7: Discovered rental scamLEARNTDDown 8: Came across single turning into a pairITEMDDown 13: French word and choral workMOTETDDown 14: Wild chase to forest to provide a protective coverCASEHARDENDDown 16: Limb lopped at stock farmRANCHDDown 19: English marred a part of GuyanaDEMERARADDown 21: Dress up with good skill and one can boastBRAGGARTDDown 23: Witness occasion of deliberate no-balls?ATTESTDDown 24: Fed up? Scoff and overcome …DEFEATDDown 26: … as is the fashion at organised demoMODEDDown 28: It's said to spot the spotSITEDDown 29: Picture show from 19 proceeds?TATE