The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 26th January 2011 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 26th January 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Great flow of letters leaving a warm feelingAFTERGLOWAAcross 9: Watch taking forty winks — that's smart!SNAPPYAAcross 10: Top brass lost right to go back with unknown pedigreeGENEALOGYAAcross 11: Fashion item partly based upon choicePONCHOAAcross 12: Oil supplier met an explosion that was not maliciousWELL-MEANTAAcross 13: Minister consumed by dogCURATEAAcross 17: Mother turns crossMADAAcross 19: Little potato with water at a country seatCHATEAUAAcross 20: Free one soul in agonyUNLOOSEAAcross 21: One came out and went back there to sleepDEBAAcross 23: Man's little friend, such a one with strings attachedPUPPETAAcross 27: Phone-tapping, for example, is page one materialESPIONAGEAAcross 28: Lock up alien taken from the webINTERNAAcross 29: Farcical performance that hits creditSLAPSTICKAAcross 30: A 20 for the BeebAUNTIEAAcross 31: Cut in gnarled tree without having to be intrusiveINTERLOPEDDown 2: Supplier paid with a sovereignFEEDERDDown 3: Waugh's name elevated in uniform fashionEVENLYDDown 4: Flighty Scots female student wearing a waistcoatGILLETDDown 5: South Africa paper's leading materialORGANZADDown 6: If this were you wouldn't get itINSOLUBLEDDown 7: A model inspector at cricket, say …SPECTATORDDown 8: … to watch first in — a startling sightEYE OPENERDDown 8: … to watch first in — a startling sightEYEOPENERDDown 14: This type finds it hard to swallow anything not solidSCEPTICALDDown 15: Summoning for reprimand for taking trouble over Fido?CARPETINGDDown 16: Space traveller — about which I do more to unravelMETEOROIDDDown 17: Calumny in Bermuda?MUDDDown 18: Name and return address in AmericaDUBDDown 22: First letter is open, perhaps letter from abroadEPSILONDDown 24: Herb is far from 6SIMPLEDDown 25: Last in managed to settleINSTALDDown 26: Support for those subject to invasion by soldiersEGG CUPDDown 26: Support for those subject to invasion by soldiersEGGCUP