The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 6th January 2015 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 6th January 2015. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Where the sexually ambiguous may get their gear, or one pieceBISHOPAAcross 5: Small brew with one omission? Just soSPOTONAAcross 8: Face closing supplier of tea that is open during the dayDIURNALAAcross 9: The minority? Yes indeedNOTHALFAAcross 11: Victoria here, a nun, loved vicars to bitsVANCOUVER ISLANDAAcross 12: Silently indicates the difference between "forwards" and "bellicose"NODSAAcross 13: Not too heavy a sea? That's fortunateJUSTASWELLAAcross 17: From youngsters (no child), huge cheer for makeoverRENOVATIONAAcross 18: Snake — in fear, it's got upWINDAAcross 20: Initiate levitation project?GET OFF THE GROUNDAAcross 23: Champion's air inhibits teaseTRIBUNEAAcross 24: Bar's variable repeat is just about variableTRAPEZEAAcross 25: Imprison bloke for debt?REMANDAAcross 26: To call round cheers retired sailorRATINGDDown 2: Ancient creature, I assume, is crossing poopIGUANODONDDown 3: Sounds attractive, but one would take you for a rideHANSOMDDown 4: Event in which John Paul II may have been buried?POLE VAULTDDown 5: Sister snapped up one foreign addressSENORDDown 6: Stubs toe painfully, being most stupidOBTUSESTDDown 7: Michelle raised Sam, a boy with some deficienciesOBAMADDown 8: Guess correctly what some kings used to claimDIVINE RIGHTDDown 10: Violin sounding two notes? NonsenseFIDDLEDEDEEDDown 14: Wrote inaccurately about Spanish firm's coupeTWO-SEATERDDown 14: Wrote inaccurately about Spanish firm's coupeTWOSEATERDDown 15: Purée I can whisk up for one likely to appreciate it?EPICUREANDDown 16: A very intriguing fact, as Uruguay's national airline leads all the fliers aroundAVIFAUNADDown 19: Not quite loyal worker absent without justificationTRUANTDDown 21: Worked without finishing thin materialTOILEDDown 22: Footprint creates initially unvoiced terrorTREAD