The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 4th January 2013 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 4th January 2013. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Opponent finished Old CourseANTIPASTOAAcross 10: Trailblazing traveller left with another identity to tour ItalyLAIKAAAcross 11: Close to end of condiment that is something put on kipper?NIGHTIEAAcross 12: Intellectual bachelor loves drunken snogBOOKISHAAcross 13: Incline to keep reading and you might well!LEARNAAcross 14: Fibbed half-heartedly, with lies perhaps generating this responseDISBELIEFAAcross 16: Religious official trying to convert Iraq, so intrudingGRAND INQUISITORAAcross 19: Call up soldiers, colonel wanting one to get shocking treatmentRECOLLECTAAcross 21: More than one counter in taxicab adds the wrong wayABACIAAcross 22: After Metamorphoses, Ovid was to issue a denialDISAVOWAAcross 23: Unsettled person needing heavy metal, it goes without sayingPROVERBAAcross 24: Foreign currency racket completely disheartened auditorDINARAAcross 25: Judge needs a long time to go over close votesREFERENDADDown 1: Elite nags, whipped into shape, run thisSAINTLEGERDDown 2: Signs of suffering as Athenian character volunteers to accept budget, finallySTIGMATADDown 3: Revolting, like those going bare-chested? That's right!SPOTONDDown 4: Wimbledon champion, not maleASHEDDown 5: What sustains a setter in trouble again, one constrained by censorDOG BISCUITDDown 6: Are they flowery knickers?BLOOMERSDDown 7: One replacing good cycling holiday gearBIKINIDDown 8: Physicist is a tragic figure losing betMACHDDown 14: "The Godfather" — major piece of art or utter tedium?DONKEYWORKDDown 15: Shakespearean warrior reportedly gave battle wearing ladies' lingerieFORTINBRASDDown 17: Labour's conclusion: party ultimately scorned, getting sent upDELIVERYDDown 18: Member of oppressive regime thrashed a servantTSAREVNADDown 20: Place for better business that's like home insideCASINODDown 21: American and British foreign affairsAMOURSDDown 22: One following pop art movementDADADDown 23: Winning over with very loud praisePUFF