The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 16th January 2017 There are 15 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 16th January 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Bread in test case exhibited in courtTRIBUNALAAcross 5: A boring set-upOIL RIGAAcross 5: A boring set-upOILRIGAAcross 9: Big dog very good about change of leadAIREDALEAAcross 10: Highly bred?RAISEDAAcross 12: The church always brings comfortCHEERAAcross 13: Drunken roisterer to frighten people badlyTERRORISEAAcross 14: Wrote and agreedCORRESPONDEDAAcross 18: They may be running the moment race is organisedCOMMENTARIESAAcross 21: Pays for implement to make furnitureFOOTSTOOLAAcross 23: Fossil resin that should be approached with cautionAMBERAAcross 24: State some foregone conclusionOREGONAAcross 25: Head south for the main citiesCAPITALSAAcross 26: Part the cad needed to playDETACHAAcross 27: Repairmen take in article in turnsMEANDERSDDown 1: Do a rush job on the roof?THATCHDDown 2: One's king set up a republicISRAELDDown 3: Such a steak is rarely servedUNDERDONEDDown 4: Initial repetition is only repetition after allALLITERATIONDDown 6: Girl has half an hour in a stateIDAHODDown 7: Cancels order for windscreens — not newRESCINDSDDown 8: Gallery finds finales welcome surprisesGODSENDSDDown 11: News handout of journalists' redundancyPRESS RELEASEDDown 15: Performance in the theatre switched to open airOPERATIONDDown 16: A spot of capital punishmentSCAFFOLDDDown 17: I am on the way — the way forwardIMMODESTDDown 19: Idle Jack leads, fumingABLAZEDDown 20: Course at Oxford is after credit when in troubleCRISISDDown 22: Good man in charge, with love at heart, makes a good bearerSTOIC