The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 27th January 2014 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 27th January 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: On the rocks, in the sun and airINSOLVENTAAcross 6: It needs a key first for openingADITAAcross 8: Deceive and attract scornCONTEMPTAAcross 9: School batting first with cricket, sayINSECTAAcross 10: Company carESCORTAAcross 11: Beats in child's game, we hearCONQUERSAAcross 12: Writer, a good man, seen inside foreign restaurantBISTROAAcross 15: Key mixtureSOLUTIONAAcross 16: Calamity — can't dice bananasACCIDENTAAcross 19: Strain to find way about the shipSTRESSAAcross 21: Elegant braid one may makeDEBONAIRAAcross 22: A loose relationAUNTIEAAcross 24: African soldier to request change of airASKARIAAcross 25: Cut short acrimony — compromiseENDANGERAAcross 26: Land in Paris (Le Bourget)ISLEAAcross 27: Out to make one uneasy?NOTATHOMEDDown 1: People are clapped in these clubsIRONSDDown 2: Is stout perhaps, so doesn't danceSITSOUTDDown 3: I'm fired about restrictive practiceLIMITDDown 4: Draws dissected Eastern insectENTICESDDown 5: What figures neat girls may displayTRIANGLESDDown 6: Attack by a saint about one who became oneASSAULTDDown 7: Get into debts without interestINCURIOUSDDown 13: Gets bigger, though all screwed upINCREASESDDown 14: Medical treatment in battleOPERATIONDDown 17: One extremely behind schedule is cut offISOLATEDDown 18: Flood discloses gold in riverTORRENTDDown 20: Met king, head of new nationRANINTODDown 22: Examination necessitating a lot of bookworkAUDITDDown 23: She shows anger with heartless nurseIRENE