The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 18th January 2018 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 18th January 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Ravel, last of wet fishTANGLEAAcross 4: Fiddle not half inspiring difficult child — that's the effect of music!VIBRATOAAcross 9: New Testament suggested the coolest of times?MIDWINTERAAcross 10: Ultimately flat, instrument that's sharpTHORNAAcross 11: Grand work of Elgar, an exercise in musicLARGEAAcross 12: Sit alongside robin with huge batsNEIGHBOURAAcross 13: In flaming, fire disturbedROUSTEDAAcross 15: Composer is beyond preposterousTALLISAAcross 17: Late actor has shifted tree to the leftSHARIFAAcross 19: Those who polish railway apparatusBUFFERSAAcross 22: Scarcely any absent in curfew, unlike degenerate less fortunateUNLUCKIERAAcross 24: See 11SCALEAAcross 26: Brahms and Liszt in the spotlightLITUPAAcross 27: Tuesday 7th of September off — 8th of September past it then?USEBYDATEAAcross 28: Much bloodshed as one composer almost crushed by anotherCARNAGEAAcross 29: Composer's name for composerWEBERNDDown 1: Glass one may be dropping?TUMBLERDDown 2: She abandons playwright after a write-up, an all-time lowNADIRDDown 3: Lice high on combination of acid and alcohol in cheeseLEICESTERDDown 4: Composer on the case of correct decisionVERDICTDDown 5: Group has little time to invest in composerBATCHDDown 6: Show remorse having put mint in sage I chopped upAPOLOGISEDDown 7: They've got something worse to broadcast about capital in NairobiOWNERSDDown 8: Out of it, put to deathSTONEDDDown 14: For example, prepare an Ottoman composer to invade revolutionary PeruUPHOLSTERDDown 16: Way of acting silly with feet in a pickleLIFE-STYLEDDown 16: Way of acting silly with feet in a pickleLIFESTYLEDDown 18: After scratching of head, nothing penned by composer is a disappointmentFAILUREDDown 19: One offering a cut, as composerBARBERDDown 20: Has that lady visited an illicit bar?SHEBEENDDown 21: Known leaders in baseball league, one entering competition after an upsetPUBLICDDown 23: Old man after a drop of cream with high teaCUPPADDown 25: Instead, a general sayingADAGE