The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 15th January 2014 There are 17 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 15th January 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Expect super puzzle by Qaos!PRESUMEAAcross 5: Perhaps miracle ball reversing direction with side spin?OPUSDEIAAcross 10: Capital offences should loosen offending headsOSLOAAcross 11: "Red Sea storms follow fresh onset of rain", he announcesNEWS READERAAcross 11: "Red Sea storms follow fresh onset of rain", he announcesNEWSREADERAAcross 12: Mashed potatoes not so much used for brewingTEAPOTAAcross 13: Start getting excited about revolutionary mechanical devicesRATCHETSAAcross 14: Rough school expelled Oscar, taking back paper first and rulersOLIGARCHSAAcross 16: Hit for 6? Time to stopSTUNTAAcross 17: Poet, one you reportedly studyAUDENAAcross 19: Like the prime number eluding da Vinci, extremely hiddenINVISIBLEAAcross 23: Actor likes improvising to mask no good play's finaleKINGSLEYAAcross 24: Huge, funny man disguises the end of punchlinesCOSMICAAcross 26: Husband does movie reels and family filmsHOMEVIDEOSAAcross 27: Colour page with stationeryPINKAAcross 28: Short on game experienceUNDERGOAAcross 29: South Africa follows newspaper materialORGANZADDown 2: Brand market drops 25% after collapse of USSRRUSSELLDDown 3: Vessel gathers liquids upSLOOPDDown 4: Scary figure in gym on steroidsMONSTERDDown 6: I tape record criminally?PIRATEDDown 7: Western food?SPAGHETTIDDown 8: 11 over, 10 over?EVERTONDDown 9: When body shakes with fear, sitting on European insectDWARFHONEYBEEDDown 15: Birds from Spooner's happy country?GREYGEESEDDown 18: Motherless, unromantic savage lifts hem of skirt, the horny beastUNICORNDDown 20: Cold is muffled by fashion, otherwise it can biteINCISORDDown 21: German mathematician raises variable in book that's the origin of logicLEIBNIZDDown 22: Catapult over its frame to get airborneFLYINGDDown 25: Brown's record? Invading Afghanistan, initiallySEPIA