The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 28th January 2011 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 28th January 2011. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 8: Staff officer's initial impressions: "I am spy possibly in conferences"SYMPOSIAAAcross 9: When first of primroses appears in a covering of seeds?APRILAAcross 10: Medicine man, two-thirds a fakeSHAMAAcross 11: Patronise, deceive and go downCONDESCENDAAcross 12: Bandage was altered on articleSWATHEAAcross 14: Period at end of this punishment?SENTENCEAAcross 15: Unit working in the Seychelles and New York in effective cooperation with othersSYNERGYAAcross 17: Aid must flow to this sporting venueSTADIUMAAcross 20: Main part of a resortSEAFRONTAAcross 22: Celebrity getting substantial cover in courtBIGWIGAAcross 23: Real and patchy — crudely typical!ARCHETYPALAAcross 24: Gave a lesson reportedly on "tense"TAUTAAcross 25: University position but not for the restCHAIRAAcross 26: One giving conventional treatment cut into a thin pieceALLOPATHDDown 1: Believe in the proposed route, say, in passingBY THE WAYDDown 2: Plans turn up in unsolicited mailSPAMDDown 3: Originally, young person's chess mainly played in the mindPSYCHEDDown 4: Spot, a bit like a mountain lakeTARNISHDDown 5: Cob surprising hunt with zealHAZELNUTDDown 6: Following a break one follows the smellTRACKERDOGDDown 7: In charge, following most of prison's medical unitCLINICDDown 13: One less than this number and one does not get to batTWELFTHMANDDown 16: Gone to ground but this is kind and helpfulGOOD TURNDDown 18: Maybe buy it — about a pound — mainly to show popularityUBIQUITYDDown 19: A dentist might, as a temporary measureSTOPGAPDDown 21: Improve Scripture in National Curriculum during "English hour"ENRICHDDown 22: Cheekily made delivery, we hear, and left unknownBOLDLYDDown 24: Kind faceTYPE