The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 7th January 2019 There are 14 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 7th January 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: These days, answer to no lordCOMMON ERAAAcross 10: A clever sort of angleACUTEAAcross 11: Touching a bottomAGROUNDAAcross 12: Soft soap is smootherFLATTERAAcross 13: He wrote in Tamil? NeverMILNEAAcross 14: Sort of jelly prepared in our templePETROLEUMAAcross 16: Be very annoyed, getting oneself distressed?TEARONESHAIROUTAAcross 19: Walked out of game? In the US that would be bizarreLEFT FIELDAAcross 19: Walked out of game? In the US that would be bizarreLEFTFIELDAAcross 21: To some extent very large and sunnySOLARAAcross 22: Sort of stockings an old trout could get into?FISHNETAAcross 23: Colour ranges for new carpetsSPECTRAAAcross 24: Riddle one's spun the previous daySIEVEAAcross 25: On the surface, it's no way to proceedAIR TRAVELDDown 1: Smart place to recycle — this?SCRAP METALDDown 2: One may be up for a showerUMBRELLADDown 3: Book's bulkVOLUMEDDown 4: Unwanted plant wentWEEDDDown 5: Very unlikely to be imported from across the worldFAR-FETCHEDDDown 5: Very unlikely to be imported from across the worldFARFETCHEDDDown 6: Something to eat in the TubeMACARONIDDown 7: Splendour of remarkable resultLUSTREDDown 8: Give birth to animalBEARDDown 14: Christmas now?PRESENT-DAYDDown 15: State parting two friends to a significant degreeMATERIALLYDDown 17: Leaving, having finished with hurt feelingsOFFENDEDDDown 18: So Violet ordered a heaterOILSTOVEDDown 20: Hurry — I've nothing to eatFASTERDDown 21: Nervous, swallowing wrong drinkSHERRYDDown 22: Join together in fine employmentFUSEDDown 23: Agile agent crossing riverSPRY