The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 28th January 2016 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 28th January 2016. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: See past contract in a delightful wayCUTELYAAcross 4: In the present state, article lies about leader in IrelandAS IT ISAAcross 9: Adversary in Satan, ticklishANTIAAcross 10: Those going through life with US and Iraq in conflictQUALIFIERSAAcross 11: Man thrown, lake emptiedCASTLEAAcross 12: Bum kneaded during dance — that's gropingFUMBLINGAAcross 13: Calf, perhaps, in a stateNEW JERSEYAAcross 15: Is party lacking in cunning game?ISPYAAcross 16: See fruitDATEAAcross 17: Initially, two dances for the organ?FINANCIALAAcross 21: No sweat with this danceCAKEWALKAAcross 22: Fall in the US not entirely reversed, fifty sharedMUTUALAAcross 24: Back of wrist held in interpretation of rumba with wide liftDUMBWAITERAAcross 25: Othello in James Bond? Not quiteMOORAAcross 26: One patiently sitting at the riverside left in rageANGLERAAcross 27: Goddess going after credit crunchCRISISDDown 1: Dance with me for some hanky-panky?CON GAMEDDown 2: Dance that's literarily unexpectedTWISTDDown 3: Endless line of people in the money, no longer in need of a drinkLIQUEURDDown 5: Dance throw over a short distanceSHIMMYDDown 6: 3 becomes 9? Then the magic endsTRIPLE SECDDown 7: Giving is seasonal?SPRINGYDDown 8: A few initially left troubled in the grip of disease — might they be lucky?RAFFLETICKETSDDown 14: Little hesitation shifting butt around in dance — this one?JITTERBUGDDown 16: Horrifying figure, character rising up, calculating to the coreDRACULADDown 18: Lover stupidly mad with passion and fervour, ultimatelyADMIRERDDown 19: Stuck to salsa dancingAT A LOSSDDown 20: Dance exercise covers a leading positionPAVANEDDown 23: See 17TIMES