The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 2nd January 2014 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 2nd January 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Vehicle condition needs attention, back to frontESTATE CARAAcross 6: Relict without name to be seen through?WIDOWAAcross 9: Where to find soft materialPLACEAAcross 10: Tennis player who takes unfair advantage?RACKETEERAAcross 11: It makes one fall, endlesslySINAAcross 12: People go down with hard complaints in SomersetMENDIPHILLSAAcross 14: Shipmates upset on the Queen Elizabeth?STEAMERAAcross 15: See about student turning colour when getting onELDERLYAAcross 16: Foreign copper gets doctor freeMOUNTIEAAcross 19: High point frequently in inferior backingROOFTOPAAcross 22: Natural dwarfishness?UNDERGROWTHAAcross 23: Disordered, having been created shortMADAAcross 24: Spill the beans twice, when there's only one ...SINGLETONAAcross 26: ... or none, which is comicBEANOAAcross 27: Possibly loitering with intent — that's the girl!SUSIEAAcross 28: Rhubarb thrown away?CAST ASIDEDDown 1: Shows up former attitudesEXPOSESDDown 2: Student without one might be neaterTRAINEEDDown 3: Mother accidentally encountered royalty with some measure of warmthTHERMOMETERDDown 4: Nothing in difficult situation can hold courtCORONERDDown 5: Admit always rising over broken iceRECEIVEDDown 6: Questionable sound of a river?WYEDDown 7: Dickens beginning with character of residentDWELLERDDown 8: Lazy output by heartless HarryWORK-SHYDDown 8: Lazy output by heartless HarryWORKSHYDDown 13: It can stop you from drinkingHYDROPHOBIADDown 16: Old Jew keeps us in dessertsMOUSSESDDown 17: International body consumes water spiritsUNDINESDDown 18: Unreliable boy catches rodentERRATICDDown 19: Left wing, about to conquer, turns backREWINDSDDown 20: Percussion gives boy awful painTIMPANIDDown 21: Priest carries on as innkeeperPADRONEDDown 25: General shelter (green in London)LEE