The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 16th January 2014 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 16th January 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Upset about wine, it gets sent back in place of posh noshGASTROPUBAAcross 6: Reportedly filthy birdFOWLAAcross 8: Lofty range of latest shiftsFALSETTOAAcross 9: Censorship?CUTTERAAcross 10: Something, nothing less — not yet, I suspectENTITYAAcross 11: Desperate when out of bounds to secure birdie, ultimatelyHOPELESSAAcross 12: Archer committing perjury, still held in secure place — or not?FLYINGAAcross 15: Play written around current book showing youth in the ’50sTEDDY BOYAAcross 16: See 12BUTTRESSAAcross 19: One designed to climb — or runLADDERAAcross 21: Covered with woven material, wiggedCARPETEDAAcross 22: Nevadan died in Montana, dog buried thereDANDIEAAcross 24: Country reflected in outskirts of Brasilia, South American capitalBOGOTAAAcross 25: Rank expert back in the pinkCORPORALAAcross 26: Colour yellow primarily recorded on film?CYANAAcross 27: Seriously old walls in homeEARNESTLYDDown 1: One getting into mature woman a little bitGRAINDDown 2: Tree-hugging monkey missing an Eastern dishSASHIMIDDown 3: Cross road, avoiding the Tibetan yak headsRATTYDDown 4: Seer gains by speaking aloudPROPHETDDown 5: Revel?BACKPEDALDDown 6: Very great friend so wounded for the last time?FATALLYDDown 7: Something for sharpening false teeth, shown leaving hospitalWHETSTONEDDown 13: Praising old racing driver, politicianLAUDATORYDDown 14: Dog in stormy tea gardenGREAT DANEDDown 17: Tea garden's last stormTYPHOONDDown 18: Model secured for lotharioSEDUCERDDown 20: See 22 acrossDINMONTDDown 22: Ultimately, rude crossword turned this air blue?DIRGEDDown 23: Nation, I reckon, disheartenedITALY