The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 25th January 2018 There are 13 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 25th January 2018. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Masses of hot oil sprinkled twice over riverHOI POLLOIAAcross 10: Literary Dick, one in a black suitSPADEAAcross 11: Music paper accompanying magazineRAGTIMEAAcross 12: Greek region once booted out rival every so oftenBOEOTIAAAcross 13: Wide open space in hospital departmentAGAPEAAcross 14: Land in the saddle? That's Turpin's jobHOLDINGUPAAcross 16: It galls terribly to smell book that I can't graspITSALLGREEKTOMEAAcross 19: With which to see stars become smallerTELESCOPEAAcross 21: Authority keeps quietSAY-SOAAcross 22: Expert writer's record collectionARCHIVEAAcross 23: Gap in head painlessly fixed, I'll set outSYNAPSEAAcross 24: Wear black uniform during early hoursMOURNAAcross 25: Father abandons French car carrying one dishENCHILADADDown 1: Drug dealer and pacifist? Not if nursing woundPHARMACISTDDown 2: Plans day writing about one Asian cityDIAGRAMSDDown 3: What's applied during period in ERIODINEDDown 4: Plant on its own, name missingALOEDDown 5: What infidels do beside evil rebelsDISBELIEVEDDown 6: Ringmaster is keen to employ starASTERISKDDown 7: Scruffy artillerymen joke about origin of tanksRAGTAGDDown 8: It's on board primarily for everyone to appreciateFETADDown 14: He got merry playing instrument in greenhouse, maybeHYGROMETERDDown 15: Amazing chap with Roman name visits friendPHENOMENALDDown 17: Paisley goes in to bless worried Aegean islandersLESBIANSDDown 18: Godlike, round, soft-spoken ScotsmanOLYMPIANDDown 20: Where Lucy did the twist with me?LYCEUMDDown 21: Indy's edited by Conservative business agentSYNDICDDown 22: Expert goes over minutes for summitACMEDDown 23: Cryptic concerning Shed factionSECT