The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 3rd January 2013 There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 3rd January 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Watery lake, wet banksSLOPPYAAcross 4: First persons in Europe to welcome leader of regime, old, old cityJERICHOAAcross 9: Hawthorns tip on one sideCOCKSPURSAAcross 10: See 4 downENNISAAcross 11: Mad reservists?BARMYAAcross 12: Lethal drug containing Irish whiskey? Ultimately, it's not trueFAIRY TALEAAcross 12: Lethal drug containing Irish whiskey? Ultimately, it's not trueFAIRYTALEAAcross 13: Cross bridges if to give evidenceTESTIFYAAcross 15: Warning that's right about which man's after my own heart?AUGURYAAcross 17: Old wine in Pinot, bowels evacuatedPASTITAAcross 19: Bleat about faceless joint, one serving non-alcoholic drinksBARISTAAAcross 22: See 2PISTORIUSAAcross 24: Toilet empty, entering toilet is a gambleLOTTOAAcross 26: Double entendre primarily in stringTWINEAAcross 27: Bitter bread possibly English, I'm not sure Napoleon eating itBEERMONEYAAcross 28: Cause trouble, as might a 3?MAKETHEAAcross 29: Shrub mainly robust, leastwise at every borderMYRTLEDDown 1: Old instrument still under fireSACKBUTDDown 2: Blade Runner film award is the peak, pope claimsOSCARDDown 3: Putin not entirely sorry, not right when subversive girls ultimately jailed — them?PUSSYRIOTDDown 4: Can I see limits in Jamaican running, accepting premier of sprinters is Olympic gold medallist?JESSICADDown 5: Very eager to lose gram to get thinREEDYDDown 6: For starters, consider each northern constellation — to be one in the south?CENTAURUSDDown 7: Shellfish gobbled by boy's terrapinOYSTERDDown 8: See 28FURFLYDDown 14: Make-up getting criticism in old comedySLAPSTICKDDown 16: I'm surprised to see politician with a large strawberry scoffing fruitGORBLIMEYDDown 18: Thumb thing — thumbthing thought?THIMBLEDDown 19: Kind of case where risk overshadows challengeBASKETDDown 20: Untrustworthy in the end, locate new attendantACOLYTEDDown 21: Unpleasant stuff deposited in an amount of moneySPUTUMDDown 23: Open on timeOVERTDDown 25: Principle number eight, gutlessTENET