The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 6th January 2016 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 6th January 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Report finding small bed in riverDESCRIBEAAcross 5: A Democrat picks and choosesADOPTSAAcross 9: Coroner ordered date to be publicly knownONRECORDAAcross 10: Time to accept touching awardHONOURAAcross 12: Having second thoughts about one making stridesPACESAAcross 13: Men let oil re-form as a creamEMOLLIENTAAcross 14: Cripple protects refuge that can be foundDISCOVERABLEAAcross 18: Tell one all we arranged and, if it ain't broke, don't fix itLETWELLALONEAAcross 21: Criticises committee's forthright societyCOMPLAINSAAcross 23: Food includes cold stuffingFARCEAAcross 24: Spies like keeping manAGENTSAAcross 25: Man catching a perch is tall and thinBEANPOLEAAcross 26: Troop leader to burgle believerTHEISTAAcross 27: Anxious, as sweet dishes are sent backSTRESSEDDDown 1: It's boring ’olding ’oop slackDROOPYDDown 2: Hit by second vehicleSTRUCKDDown 3: Going back to experience capturing Nazi forcesRECESSIVEDDown 4: Boy to instruct officer over deceit? The dog!BORDER COLLIEDDown 6: Daughter on cycle is funnyDROLLDDown 7: Book where dog wears lead on SundayPROVERBSDDown 8: Swaggered along road with potholesSTRUTTEDDDown 11: Learn Glen's smell is getting betterCONVALESCENTDDown 15: Assign funds solely for telephone receiverRINGFENCEDDown 16: Sorcery leads to shortage in pub on TuesdayBLACK ARTDDown 17: Headlong rush crammed into cornerSTAMPEDEDDown 19: Rustlers shepherds lay hold ofCROOKSDDown 20: Guard fed up with dissolutionDEFENDDDown 22: Ration American plantLOTUS