The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 19th January 2016 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 19th January 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Cup of tea with 14CHALICEAAcross 5: Bit backside of dim Conservative in contemptMODICUMAAcross 9: Pensioner ignoring a twitching of the eyeOPTICAAcross 10: Weedy kid's condition worrying nit nursesRUNTINESSAAcross 11: Bored Cockney geezer in dark shedBROWNED OFFAAcross 12: Turn up car engine noisePURRAAcross 14: Swarm of relaxed, fit EtoniansINFESTATIONAAcross 18: The likes of Jude, single mother with kids on streetSTONEMASONSAAcross 21: Adjutant in theory moving closer to the frontAIDEAAcross 22: Support for labourers, if left back in Minnesota?MIDWESTERNAAcross 25: Sailor ringed by faint nocturnal shimmerSTARLIGHTAAcross 26: Haughty female pursuing Murphy in Mumbai?ALOOFAAcross 27: Nasty Cameron's base promises to pay off debtsNOXIOUSAAcross 28: Goes on ramble on vacation and comes backRETURNSDDown 1: Singer knocking stuffing out of clever, obstreperous boyCROSBYDDown 2: Chesterton, perhaps, or the individual behind "Thursday"AUTHORDDown 3: Reasons Barking isn't VeniceINCENTIVESDDown 4: Removing clothes here, Freda dropped a clangerERREDDDown 5: Promises made by politicians as I foment revoltMANIFESTODDown 6: Chinless wonder departs with grave expressionDRIPDDown 7: Chubby-faced, louche, rubicund hostCHERUBICDDown 8: One's about to cover race in Grauniad, supposedlyMISPRINTDDown 13: Invalid setting off after lass, excited and tenseFALSESTARTDDown 15: Bloody huge birdsFLAMINGOSDDown 16: Was SAS single-handedly apprehending killer?ASSASSINDDown 17: French city state had moneyBORDEAUXDDown 19: Autobiographical scribblings of Arachne in sea at St Tropez?MEMOIRDDown 20: Inhales aroma permeating smallsSNIFFSDDown 23: Well content with exchange rateWATERDDown 24: Voice of ballot box regularly ignoredALTO