The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 27th January 2017 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 27th January 2017. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Sailor on ship outside Dover, say, with extremely elegant clothingSPORTS JACKETAAcross 8: Giant in old hat moans audiblyOUTSIZEAAcross 9: Decline to admit major sight problemPINKEYEAAcross 11: A bishop brought in to suppress endless feudQUARRELAAcross 12: Support unruly horse (mounted)SHORE UPAAcross 13: Definitely settle at home with familyINKINAAcross 14: Presiding officer, a Marxist, driven round in carMODERATORAAcross 16: Primarily top dogs eat it in great quantitiesTHOUSANDSAAcross 19: Flourish, due to return of low poundBLOOMAAcross 21: Reactionary assembly, grim for its timeDIE-HARDAAcross 21: Reactionary assembly, grim for its timeDIEHARDAAcross 23: Concrete marker with singular omission put straight againREALIGNAAcross 24: Italian scoring from cross in InternationalROSSINIAAcross 25: Devious setter's after free backingEVASIVEAAcross 26: Yarn about humorous duck leaving zoo in a run-down areaTWILIGHT ZONEDDown 1: Misfortune that TV repairman may bring?SET-BACKDDown 1: Misfortune that TV repairman may bring?SETBACKDDown 2: Going to pen very small letterOMICRONDDown 3: Father and mother briefly land abroadTHEOLDMANDDown 4: Jay heard parrots and larksJAPESDDown 5: US gents, perhaps, determined to get honestyCANDOURDDown 6: Peak always topped othersEVERESTDDown 7: Doctor Aquinas busily seeing off a foreign adventurerCONQUISTADORDDown 10: Researcher's former name required, transiting borderEXPERIMENTERDDown 15: Confuse Democrat with Tories in BarkingDISORIENTDDown 17: Controlled series of balls leading to a wicketOVERSAWDDown 18: Length of life that is left for King Charles, maybeSPANIELDDown 19: Courageous show's well done, publicity includedBRAVADODDown 20: Opening agency, fellow leaves for Rhode IslandORIFICEDDown 22: Studying sound of spring?DOING