The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 3rd January 2017 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 3rd January 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: May bores drink with an old pedlar?CHAPMANAAcross 8: Victor Hugo initially abandons flowering plantCAMPIONAAcross 9: "Old King Cole" artist's coveredLEARAAcross 10: Artisan might put out stocks sold wronglyGOLDSMITHAAcross 12: Tender from bashPOUNDAAcross 13: Small bird's young daughter leaves babySUCKLINGAAcross 15: Roman leader's attempt to get back in senatePOPEAAcross 16: Poles following ebb of Polish streamsBURNSAAcross 17: Fit clothes round anything put across here?POETAAcross 18: Painter to resist making amendmentsROSSETTIAAcross 20: Means to lift fallen arches, a bit revolutionaryCRANEAAcross 21: Was a disheartened Dave Cameron his work?BOCCACCIOAAcross 22: British art institution, say, a non-starterTATEAAcross 24: Rebuffed sellers holding back buyer?SPENDERAAcross 25: Kiss overwhelms a firm, vain fellowPEACOCKDDown 1: Calling out, get lost in Oxford?SHOEDDown 2: Erupt violently, punching 100 square metres to make holeAPERTUREDDown 3: Boasted striking top is wornRAGGEDDDown 4: Doesn't go barefoot as comfort for supplicantsHASSOCKSDDown 5: Leading 17 across requiring much effortUPHILLDDown 6: My turn — pipe down!GOSHDDown 11: Sad relics arranged in storage mediumLASERDISCDDown 12: P&O crossing popular stillPHOTODDown 14: Pretty inclusive of English family memberNIECEDDown 16: Shopped and risked money, ready to failBETRAYEDDDown 17: Most recent cutting snaps materialsPLASTICSDDown 19: Mathematician's line is able to divide groupSECANTDDown 20: Jug with extra ice inCOOLERDDown 21: Rolls heading for Barmouth, a resort on the upBAPSDDown 23: Dry sandwiches a cold delicacyTACT