The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 12th January 2011 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 12th January 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Conservative in agreement about local war memorialCENOTAPHAAcross 5: Short form of county match regularly provokes passionWARMTHAAcross 9: Inability to make progress, having gone to Yale?DEADLOCKAAcross 10: Hilary's husband allowed to retireMANTELAAcross 12: Paid less, nurse doesn't work hardIDLESAAcross 13: Unholy topic also concerning PopeAPOSTOLICAAcross 14: Advantageous placement for Eastern European?POLE POSITIONAAcross 18: Harassment of poet by lonely Guardian columnistPOLLYTOYNBEEAAcross 21: Metal bats rather grabbing attentionRARE EARTHAAcross 23: Scrubbing grand country house Aga?RANGEAAcross 24: Scandinavian blade cut part of bodyTHORAXAAcross 25: Make a mess of second page, second of twoSPLATTERAAcross 26: Drop line to Elizabeth Windsor?CASTLEAAcross 27: Quadruped bound to stake? On the contraryANTELOPEDDown 1: He supports Tiger Woods, perhaps, as rat gets punchCADDIEDDown 2: Almost new potatoNEARLYDDown 3: Start to think everyone's Conservative? It's hard to believeTALLSTORYDDown 4: Dad getting chased by goatsucker ruined the holidaysPACKAGETOURSDDown 6: Segregation barred chap — one had, in short, to be separateAPARTDDown 7: Student enthralled by changing climate of Mercury?METALLICDDown 8: Flourished once, during opening of present eraHOLOCENEDDown 11: Try to fell the god of pastures and fail miserablyGODOWNTHEPANDDown 15: One poxy beer ain't making you drunkINEBRIATEDDown 16: Ought little person to meet a jerk like Albert Herring?OPERATICDDown 17: Instruments show gases and particlesCLARIONSDDown 19: 12 could be a double whammyONETWODDown 20: Law of French-Canadian nativesDECREEDDown 22: Hobbema illustration's secret messageE-MAILDDown 22: Hobbema illustration's secret messageEMAIL