The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 2nd January 2012 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 2nd January 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: These lads may turn out to be immortalDEATHLESSAAcross 6: Handy aid to warmthMUFFAAcross 8: Dog goes mad for fruitCURRANTSAAcross 9: Worn by a woman for a danceBOLEROAAcross 10: Brings back games and increases keennessSTROPSAAcross 11: Doubled over and collapsedFOLDEDUPAAcross 12: Describing Hamlet and his rotten stateDANISHAAcross 15: Chap from Belgium is a loyal subjectLIEGEMANAAcross 16: More than one out of two is of higher standardABOVEPARAAcross 19: Fancied to win and made a pileNAPPEDAAcross 21: A pamphlet's sound — makes a personal appealATTRACTSAAcross 22: Turned on bad parentENRAPTAAcross 24: Flagrant licencePATENTAAcross 25: All too human story in which evil makes a comebackFALLIBLEAAcross 26: Extremely lightVERYAAcross 27: Keep getting drunk? Now hang on!HOLD TIGHTDDown 1: Put off writing letter to a relativeDAUNTDDown 2: It comes from the Latin, as far as one knowsA PRIORIDDown 3: They work around the clockHANDSDDown 4: Flu? See a doctor at homeEASEFULDDown 5: Young army chap is awkward, but learnsSUBALTERNDDown 6: French writer's story set in the ruins of RomeMOLIEREDDown 7: Lucky yet strange turn o' fateFORTUNATEDDown 13: Bar attire set out for judgeARBITRATEDDown 14: Game for a drink after the danceHOPSCOTCHDDown 17: Music hall medleyVARIETYDDown 18: Still in a terrible flusterRESTFULDDown 20: Splitting hairs in divorcePARTINGDDown 22: Spectacular effect when powder magazine finally goes upECLATDDown 23: One guide — or a good manyPILOT