The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 26th January 2016 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 26th January 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Takes off faster, so leaves behind …OUTSTRIPSAAcross 6: … one of 26 22 down's daughters, starting to head out of Czech cityDRNOAAcross 8: Second fattest short bottles of beerSTUBBIESAAcross 9: See 1 downAFRICAAAcross 10: Pudding in place for tea, we hearAFTERSAAcross 11: Start off with most voracious appetite, being extremely tall and thin?REEDIESTAAcross 12: Get the fruit of another's labour? That's a feature of 22 down 26's game plan, initiallySCRUMPAAcross 15: 22 down 26's trademark wild dog and polar bearsDROPGOALAAcross 16: Good-for-nothing actor providing new content for Sun's gaps in layout?SPACINGSAAcross 19: Just in, without a break, for one-month try-outMARTYRAAcross 21: Put out of action by baddies running round lakeDISABLEDAAcross 22: Trouble as one taking orders runs awayBOTHERAAcross 24: Recalled sickly green eyespots on peacockOCELLIAAcross 25: Robben half-heartedly upset with ref giving score by 26 22 downBORNFREEAAcross 26: See 22 downJOHNAAcross 27: Soft form of sunlight featuring in Laurel's beauty treatmentsSPRAYTANSDDown 1: Foot slipped going round bend? If a car crashed, it's one of 26 22 down'sOUT OFDDown 2: Frozen scene able to be negotiated by Greek characterTABLEAUDDown 3: 22 down 26 scores, when starting regularly in gamesTRIESDDown 4: Having cover pulled up from under us, nightlyINSUREDDDown 5: Sat around near small cafe, lacking a place for formal occasionsSTATEROOMDDown 6: Flower girl and criminalDARLINGDDown 7: Essential scenes shot before virgin blows topNECESSARYDDown 13: (300+10)/¼ = score from free play?CAPRICCIODDown 14: 22 down 26 scores one steel pan arrangementPENALTIESDDown 17: Place in Bond film — one of 26 22 down'sCHAPLINDDown 18: Windows feature in mirror (a bed isn't in reflection)SIDEBARDDown 20: Liqueur drunk at a fairRATAFIADDown 22: One who scored piece of music found in front of unsigned library bookBARRYDDown 23: Fair chance of taking time out from equestrian competitions?EVENS