The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 18th January 2012 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 18th January 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See 8ALLTHATAAcross 5: Sweet, flat fishPOMFRETAAcross 9: The Jockey Club all of a doodah?UPSETAAcross 10: Prominent strikers fetch me in some water that's within rangeTARGETMENAAcross 11: Minimum guarantee of matchmaking service perhaps, featuring in 8 19 1 acrossTWOGENUINEAAcross 12: Warlike, they are not extremely transparentIMPIAAcross 14: Noble Enigmatic fan, one less enigmaticMAGNIFICENTAAcross 18: See 20PARTSYOUCANAAcross 21: Call centre for fringe groupRINGAAcross 22: Unruffled dusky models cracking exam technique?STUDYSKILLAAcross 25: Editor taking time to interrupt one violating bureaucratREDTAPISTAAcross 26: Perfectly describing sun tanTOASTAAcross 27: 5 such found in 8 19 1 across — funny kind secured?BADKINGAAcross 28: Function applied to cube with no fixed dateSINE DIEDDown 1: A place like Cambridge University instilled such an intelligent edgeACUITYDDown 2: More bare facts learned in this?LESSONDDown 3: During strike, warm flask can be no closer to my sideHITHERMOSTDDown 4: Beast of a solicitor with tail upTATOUDDown 5: Rubbish about a Scottish island where you'll see Christians regularly turning up deludedPARANOIACDDown 6: Fitting encounterMEETDDown 7: See 20REMEMBERDDown 8: History 2 that's extraordinarily dilettantish and lax with syntaxTENSIXTYDDown 13: Inmates on Rock demanding New StatesmanMINNESOTANDDown 15: 103 such found in 8 19 1 across, mixing in hot dog filling at the endGOODTHINGDDown 16: Porky? It is something cutting through little sister, saySPARERIBDDown 17: Country's secret society bottling noise upTRINIDADDDown 19: See 8SIXANDDDown 20: Complicated memo learnt by heart clears up what's in 8 19 1 acrossALLTHEDDown 23: See 11DATESDDown 24: It may be taken hot by Japanese writer, a tree-dwellerSAKI