The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 15th January 2016 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 15th January 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Floor reflecting groundwork by lawPERPLEXAAcross 5: Pain cutting ear, then doctor backLUMBAGOAAcross 10: See 23 and 6BARSAAcross 11: Servile pair of lackeys starting to open vessel, accessing the ship's drinkGROVELLINGAAcross 12: A pommel horse on terra firmaASHOREAAcross 13: Masses drifting away, slice of cake ultimately getting wastedICEFLOESAAcross 14: In store, get beyond Italy to explore by boatISLAND HOPAAcross 16: See 17RINGSAAcross 17: Discipline suffering in part of the orchestraSTILLAAcross 19: Wave going over as two loose packs in the holdSTOWSAWAYAAcross 23: Discipline shown by the whole island cutting fishPARALLELAAcross 24: Wheels about 45 inches once, in vaultCELLARAAcross 26: Box for an emperor, Giza by the sound of it — more than one of those?SARCOPHAGIAAcross 27: See 29BEAMAAcross 28: Winding up, caught behindCLOSINGAAcross 29: Discipline required to put scales on rayBALANCEDDown 2: Touring circuits, clock up passesELAPSESDDown 3: Sauce of patriot finally investing in foreign currencyPESTODDown 4: Boffin Bill after something composed of yellow and white, gasEGGHEADDDown 6: Say, 1, 3 or 5 score units, as a disciplineUNEVENDDown 7: Music maker beginning to bark in the style of a dog who was out of this worldBALALAIKADDown 8: Nag about nines when one over the eight, stimulating stuffGINSENGDDown 9: Discipline, with ban on lying?HORIZONTAL BARDDown 15: Capital distanced from affairs in unionsALLIANCESDDown 18: Labour Party clipped in the endTRAVAILDDown 20: Close to Moscow I note, a US cityWICHITADDown 21: Germany and Thailand have abandoned a theatrical old languageARAMAICDDown 22: Margin required to fit in male shoeSLIP-ONDDown 25: Destination getting into Tripoli by air?LIBYA