The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 24th January 2012 There are 15 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 24th January 2012. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Charity match given eminence in Scotland with electronic pictureBENEFITAAcross 5: Talk with companion, trendy type trying to be funnyCHIN-WAGAAcross 5: Talk with companion, trendy type trying to be funnyCHINWAGAAcross 9: Mum eats good bit of crustMAGMAAAcross 10: Indicate a place, as you might say, for yellow mineralMARCASITEAAcross 11: Islands with eg seaside objects, we hearSEYCHELLESAAcross 12: Study occupied by a faculty bossDEANAAcross 14: Copying CIA, Interpol will go wrongREPLICATIONAAcross 18: Greek containers for moving zoo stock?HIPPOCRATESAAcross 21: Field loses eastern edge, becoming concreteREALAAcross 22: One twitching after securing bargain is expecting too much?IDEALISTICAAcross 25: Taking home too little pay as the result of obvious cutOVERTAXEDAAcross 26: Claim of someone looking happy with building structureI-BEAMAAcross 27: Beginning of term is desperate for those picked on by big bullies?TITCHESAAcross 28: One lot of soldiers and another wanting soldier in old system of governmentREGIMENDDown 1: Puzzle that's upset tot in spelling competitionBEMUSEDDown 2: No adult wants to travel inside Japanese cityNAGOYADDown 3: Fashion accessory that's sorted out before a hatFEATHER BOADDown 4: Male protected by dog or tiger?TAMILDDown 5: Worry at first about one wanting to get onCAREERISTDDown 6: Prominent Muslim maiden coming in an hour after midnightIMAMDDown 7: Unimportant misdemeanour? We'll protect one who is successful priestWHITE LIEDDown 8: Apple trees may be introduced on account of this policyGREENINGDDown 13: Travelled as a ship — into Bethlehem, as claimed in this activity!WASSAILINGDDown 15: Nothing wrong in displays — things just seeming to be wrong?PARADOXESDDown 16: Authors bothered about bookstore's ultimate allocation of cash?SHARE-OUTDDown 17: A relation should keep quiet, that's obviousAPPARENTDDown 19: Master disciplined a group of pupilsSTREAMDDown 20: Skill shown by copper getting in the last wordACUMENDDown 23: Civic dignitary would plant this tree on isleALDERDDown 24: State bust, cash cuts being regularly madeUTAH