The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 31st January 2014 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 31st January 2014. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Zola novel this religiousBUDDHISTAAcross 5: Hunger ends accessing perfectly narrow passageTHROATAAcross 9: A bodybuilder's heavenly bodyASTEROIDAAcross 10: See 22FARAGEAAcross 12: Cat food, including last of luncheon meatMINCEAAcross 13: Bird carrying child carrying boy off, love being source of romanceSTORYBOOKAAcross 14: Vital process cut, expert gatheredREPRODUCTIONAAcross 18: On this, three scripts came up, as in three times oneROSETTA STONEAAcross 21: Papers full of crap on dinosaurIGUANODONAAcross 23: First sixteen hours of the week storing uranium in pileMOUNDAAcross 24: Hairy, like a bird?SHAGGYAAcross 25: Part of a log where prayer sat endlesslyMANTISSAAAcross 26: Maximum of sixty on board giving voiceTREBLEAAcross 27: Money once pocketed by runner sent back, it's learnedEDUCATEDDDown 1: Half-drunk barman?BRAHMSDDown 2: Affectionate pet scoffing preserved foodDOTINGDDown 3: This for those with mare to prepare?HORSEMEATDDown 4: See 20SCISSORHANDSDDown 6: Bouncer not filled with air then?HEAVYDDown 7: Large-scale work, or a small-scale piece about nothingORATORIODDown 8: Provocative moves by Third World leaders and royal couple?TWERKINGDDown 11: Mature way to poke grandad when tipsy, as mark of excellenceGOLD STANDARDDDown 15: Filmed item in a complex, 200 screensCINEMATICDDown 16: Something for the boys, as shower framed in trial hauled upTRAIN SETDDown 17: Pucker up to clue, as crypticOSCULATEDDown 19: Piece of material for reinforcing some skirts in the windGUSSETDDown 20: Picture the king of cutting-edge digital design?EDWARDDDown 22: I enrage flag wavers as party leaderNIGEL