The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 12th January 2018 There are 15 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 12th January 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 7: Gaunt son in hospital, briefly very sickHENRY IVAAcross 8: Time on leave: endless misery, having bit one's other half?PARTTWOAAcross 9: Supports breaks regularly offered by 10BRASAAcross 10: Pub to which Spooner's working girl retiredBOARSHEADAAcross 12: Page? He's in a groupSHEETAAcross 13: A comic drinks one can in storeAWAITINGAAcross 15: Ugly lump in conflict with modelWARTAAcross 16: Witty remark, providing themeMOTIFAAcross 17: Tooth fairy's first name, inscribed in silverFANGAAcross 18: Came across retired people causing trouble, coming to violent blowsTEMPESTSAAcross 20: Spy eating a French sandwichBLUNTAAcross 21: As a turn is played in Haydn and Schubert?AUSTRIANSAAcross 22: Power bills for flatsPADSAAcross 24: 8's not begun, surprisingly, with glass completely empty?AT WORSTAAcross 25: Queen getting weak, beheaded at onceQUICKLYDDown 1: Evil originally seen in Jack the Ripper's work?TEARDDown 2: View of the 18 protagonist getting caught, not run outPROSPECTDDown 3: Fool commonly eats guts of fat bird as delicacyTITBITDDown 4: Flower seller's first flower show in Covent Garden?FALSTAFFDDown 5: In drunken state outside 10, with glass full to the brim?AT BESTDDown 6: Acting on day lost for wordsAWEDDDown 11: Film horrible short adult that's incontinentANASTASIADDown 12: Gin topless dancer's drunk without cokeSNAREDDown 14: Small number in 10 upset group of playersNONETDDown 16: Bit on the side? Lock phone card up firstMISTRESSDDown 17: Guardian secretary in KFC ordered two items less than perfect order, stomach-wise?FOURPACKDDown 19: Rod, after a great deal to drink, falls overPISTOLDDown 20: Quarrel where vehicle gets rammed?BUST-UPDDown 21: Book of playsACTSDDown 23: Toy Manx sheep?DOLL