The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 19th January 2018 There are 16 across clues and 12 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 19th January 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Fast food's leader producing Whopper?FLYINGAAcross 5: Fish fingers used to make this sound?CASTANETAAcross 9: Runner one proposes just to read quicklySKIM OVERAAcross 10: Immediately in agreement about partsAT ONCEAAcross 11: Figure involved in terrorist attackSTATAAcross 12: Chat with player when ground's idealARCHETYPALAAcross 13: Fires bricks, keeping this emptyLETSGOAAcross 14: Son gutted about beds mother makes for northernerSCOTSMANAAcross 16: It'll fade out … that's unfortunateILL-FATEDAAcross 19: Cryptic clue I finally solved (being brilliant at maths)EUCLIDAAcross 21: I get spoilt after massage, revealing part of bodyEPIGLOTTISAAcross 23: This swine might do tattoo with nothing upfrontOINKAAcross 24: Finest lettuce sandwiches curl upNESTLEAAcross 25: Key place for out-of-this-world drinks?SPACE BARAAcross 26: They're touched on necks behind showersGSTRINGSAAcross 27: Electrician put down edging of safety netsSPARKYDDown 2: Take to appreciative fans in a hurryLIKETHECLAPPERSDDown 3: After cooking, it means they're servingINMATESDDown 4: Care what impatient driver might doGIVE A HOOTDDown 5: They're shaken, swapping tips on communism for cityCARACASDDown 6: Touch saint with own followingSHAVEDDown 7: Paul and Screw, perhaps, annoy mad womanANONYMSDDown 8: A link, with extra comma's silly!EXCLAMATION MARKDDown 15: Takes advantage of hospitality on ship protecting riverOVERSTAYSDDown 17: Hide in Asia from Spooner's soldierFIGHTERDDown 18: Can't stand having abandoned defensive measuresDETESTSDDown 20: Orally, one catches diseaseCHOLERADDown 22: The big blue cone put out to cordon area offOCEAN