The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 12th January 2016 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 12th January 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Finished dealing? It won't stop hereTHROUGHTRAFFICAAcross 8: Acclaim withdrawal of anti-Brit sentiment?KUDOSAAcross 9: He thinks he's Romeo, present on balconyGODSGIFTAAcross 11: Tip of tool piercing irregular hole in ancient artefactNEOLITHAAcross 12: See you dispose of last two bits of Stilton, say, with portCHEERIOAAcross 13: Farmer's work clothes with durable fabricTWILLAAcross 15: Salesman wearing brown is bored in theatreTREPANNEDAAcross 17: On change of trade, factory offers tedious workTREADMILLAAcross 20: Female artist's backing cutSHEARAAcross 21: Seafood concession cut by demandSCALLOPAAcross 23: He goes on to land after turningWINDBAGAAcross 25: Sporting tours hosted by seven star playersVIRTUOSIAAcross 26: Local's first in to deliver soothing treatmentSALVEAAcross 27: Best of United's wingers running round Hearts scorer?GEORGE GERSHWINDDown 1: Carpeting and doing well at the jobTAKINGTOTASKDDown 2: Cattle round-up was carried overRODEODDown 3: Little cakes topped and iced with no training necessaryUNSKILLEDDDown 4: Snobbish type going off before Derby, perhapsHIGH HATDDown 5: Root's declaring, with last pair going berserkRADICLEDDown 6: Ultimately, if you sing, you make intricate musicFUGUEDDown 7: What's gathered within barrier engineers brought inINFERENCEDDown 10: "Goners' ledger" prepared here in London?GOLDERSGREENDDown 14: Like 10 and 27, not all recurringITERATIVEDDown 16: Those deserving a lighter sentence?ARSONISTSDDown 18: Cave in Spain, base for one male trampIMPLODEDDown 19: Devious fellow circumventing island's criminalsLOWLIFEDDown 22: Future change required, with rise of poundLATERDDown 24: Subordinate to roar half-heartedlyBELOW