The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 20th January 2016 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 20th January 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Initiates approaches to restrain old boys' clubsCOMMENCESAAcross 6: Girl one met at a partyGALAAAcross 8: It's part of a kit of beer supplied to Germany with chaserBASS DRUMAAcross 9: Boy initiated and carried out some spooningLADLEDAAcross 10: Qualification shows everything about a girlA LEVELAAcross 11: Girl, star at last in Crazy Lady for about four weeksLUNAR DAYAAcross 12: New boy?JUSTINAAcross 15: Ashdown's May forfeit at end of vote: a myth? Not exactly, at lastEATMYHATAAcross 16: It's sweet girl in some troubleMOLASSESAAcross 19: Girl auto enthusiasts?CARMENAAcross 21: Girl to excel with foodBEATRICEAAcross 22: Isn't able to get girl into bedCANNOTAAcross 24: Boatman in Paris (capital!) to find a boyJEROMEAAcross 25: Girl sent crazy by LSD in the ’60sSTERLINGAAcross 26: Imperfect, flawed, failing you fundamentally?IFFYAAcross 27: Perhaps my girl's only starting letting looseSONGTITLEDDown 1: Write badly without direction and make slow progressCRAWLDDown 2: Clue for a TV show where beer is madeMASHVATDDown 3: Enlist boy soldier, the last to be replaced by noonENROLDDown 4: Boy and girl turned up sick insideCAMILLEDDown 5: Sour spice used in and around LentSPLENETICDDown 6: Boy said to be heathen?GODFREYDDown 7: Middle of single bed that is badly askew, in which one gets no sleepLIESAWAKEDDown 13: Cheerful Boatman's a mischievous chap, prone to compileritis?UPONESELFDDown 14: Unpleasant sensations, lacking loveNASTINESSDDown 17: Two-part choral work has no place for heartless imp of a boyANTHONYDDown 18: Subdues partner's boySTEPSONDDown 20: Hairnet girl used for curlingRINGLETDDown 22: Screw as a boy, perhaps eaten by lion?CHEATDDown 23: This animal under study could lead to grassOUNCE