The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 7th January 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 7th January 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Self-interested type takes hours to penetrate group of starsCHANCERAAcross 5: Employment in a bar makes one excitedAROUSEDAAcross 9: Is priest or monk not entirely necessary for religion?ISLAMAAcross 10: Little good in head worker — badMALIGNANTAAcross 11: Private viewing is flop, somehow never entertainingVERNISSAGEAAcross 12: Place of iniquity after hint of ecstasy?EDENAAcross 14: Lunatic put away — having admitted mistake, I succeededMADEAGOOFITAAcross 18: Plant mat without colourCOTONEASTERAAcross 21: A symbol for unknown is accompanying it?AXISAAcross 22: Legion ever on the move in something like khaki?OLIVE-GREENAAcross 25: Vocalist with bell conveying love with extra notePOPSINGERAAcross 26: Rodents eating last bit of rotten foodMINCEAAcross 27: Brilliant mathematician's angle, central feature of lectureRADIANTAAcross 28: The French drink in bars to keep goingLAST OUTDDown 1: Harry and Henry nabbed by someone not in uniformCHIVVYDDown 2: Charm everyone with a flowerALLUREDDown 3: Remark about American university's dedicationCOMMITMENTDDown 4: Rock band followed by American uncle telling folk storiesREMUSDDown 5: Orchestra losing leader, a man very great and loyalALLEGIANTDDown 6: Binge in which Bess's partner loses headORGYDDown 7: Employees restricting production ultimately create deadlockSTANDOFFDDown 8: Set off from school in the course of a particular dayDETONATEDDown 13: Go with others abroad — gems found travellingBOARDGAMESDDown 15: Joy gets hold of Bill, maybe for protective coverDEADLIGHTDDown 16: Fighter discarded document apart from a pageSCRAPPERDDown 17: Son experienced hallucinations in the nudeSTRIPPEDDDown 19: Shelter quietly demolished in naval battleLEAN-TODDown 20: Design fashionable accommodation for holiday-makers?INTENTDDown 23: As some disease gives you runs, you get medicinal bottle roundVIRALDDown 24: Star gets less than complete admirationMIRA