The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 1st January 2019 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 1st January 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Vacant single bed inside for writerSCRIBEAAcross 4: Olympic event, for one, a master's cityDAMASCUSAAcross 9: Baby wrap an omnishamblesAMNIONAAcross 10: Picaroon's puzzle's not a stingerSCORPIONAAcross 11: Complaint of junior doctor pocketing floppy disk has been uncoveredHOUSEMAID'S KNEEAAcross 13: Laments acknowledgement I put into trilogiesTHRENODIESAAcross 14: See 1 downPILEAAcross 16: Top copy (Times)APEXAAcross 18: Opening to examine innards of engine, a mate having reversed battery terminalLAPAROTOMYAAcross 21: Straight instruction in this flat: coffee should be stirredTHEFACTSOFLIFEAAcross 23: Reserved lease covering quote rejectedRETICENTAAcross 24: Sucker for cakeSPONGEAAcross 25: An old friend — title and initialsACRONYMSAAcross 26: Join the enemy of imperfectionDEFECTDDown 1: Have sex with more than three on the French carpetSHAGDDown 2: Franco urged to suppress resentmentRANCOURDDown 3: Reading lines penned by CrosbyBROWSINGDDown 5: Islands wind up being held by corrupt rich OAPARCHIPELAGODDown 6: It's not like this clue to be a hybridACROSSDDown 7: Greek character opposed to what might be ordered in 13 downCHIANTIDDown 8: From then till now, bank with honestySINCERELYDDown 12: Radio and TV broadcast must include Home Is Where The Heart IsMEDIASTINUMDDown 13: Display excessive skill over restaurantTRATTORIADDown 15: Fall of everybody climbing trees outsideCOLLAPSEDDown 17: See to car and jet crash — with this?EJECTORDDown 19: Misdeed of criminalOFFENCEDDown 20: Bird flu affects little children, only not at firstFALCONDDown 22: See 17SEAT