The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 17th January 2017 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 17th January 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Port in American city banks interestCURIOSITYAAcross 10: Unionist pursues crazy idea for so longADIEUAAcross 11: Theatre does plays, having taken restREPOSEDAAcross 12: Sonata perhaps features in Mozart for MaestrosART FORMAAcross 13: Winnie's back, missing ring fingerSHOPAAcross 14: Refuse tosser bedding left in the openLITTER LOUTAAcross 16: Spoil attendance in Kentish townMARGATEAAcross 17: Sort of bun that's different dunked in teaCHELSEAAAcross 19: Disreputable small clothes store, mostly awfulSCANDALOUSAAcross 22: Somewhat refreshed, heading west he's bound to landSERFAAcross 24: Nice cop admitted to back troubleAFFLICTAAcross 25: Director was killed in ItalyFELLINIAAcross 26: Twist nonstop, squeezing oil from it?OLIVEAAcross 27: Left a quotation, not one for milk deliveryLACTATIONDDown 1: Book comic star with social charmACHRISTMASCAROLDDown 2: Cross section lifted for flush access?TRAP DOORDDown 2: Cross section lifted for flush access?TRAPDOORDDown 3: Put up hotel on riverHOUSEDDown 4: Flyers get stuck in this cockney prisonBIRDLIMEDDown 5: Bully fled in Toyota, ejecting regular occupantsTYRANTDDown 6: Mainly oppose party worksFACTORIESDDown 7: Joe's old diary turned up in Playboy for cashGIGOLODDown 8: Book my pal and yoursOURMUTUALFRIENDDDown 15: Fooled by absorbing Resistance storyHARD TIMESDDown 17: The other 17, perhaps, stand up to striker at St AndrewsCLUBFACEDDown 18: Fixed up porcini provided in Corsica, originallySPECIFICDDown 20: Fling leaves during a song, just after A Fine RomanceAFFAIRDDown 21: Trivial £1 book writer dismissedLITTLEDDown 23: Grim judge impounds laptopBLEAK