The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Thursday, 17th January 2019 There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Thursday, 17th January 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Trump, perhaps, to slip up badlyPOPULISTAAcross 5: Exerts heavy pressure on joint — shortly noticesKNEADSAAcross 9: House in miniature around back of Hyde ParkYOSEMITEAAcross 10: Haddock, part of it with breadFINNANAAcross 12: King's ambassador fine, say, following commotionHEAD OF STATEAAcross 15: Gun, one produced on stage …PIECEAAcross 17: … an animal with no lines starsANDROMEDAAAcross 18: A number shared mealTEAFORTWOAAcross 19: Foolish to eat a bit of radicchio leafFRONDAAcross 20: Play, with this?ADOLLSHOUSEAAcross 24: Chemist's position seriousLIEBIGAAcross 25: Forty-eight hours backchat that's boring?YADAYADAAAcross 26: Representative comes out of bin cleanerDUSTERAAcross 27: Relax, supplying energy for one in griefDESTRESSDDown 1: Film course for one with a problemPSYCHOPATHDDown 2: Goodbye to the outside, going in to die in alleyPASSAGEWAYDDown 3: Waiting period as posh car collects bachelorLIMBODDown 4: One's group of rebels relaxed at first in comfortSATISFACTIONDDown 6: Sounds of foxtrot that are heard in the wingsNOISESOFFDDown 7: Family member is cow (not daughter)AUNTDDown 8: Suggesting Louis XIV collapsed?SUNKDDown 11: Fussy car rentalHARD-TO-PLEASEDDown 13: Get people back into perpetual strife? Nothing in itREPOPULATEDDown 14: From barn, as horse led out, they steerHANDLE-BARSDDown 14: From barn, as horse led out, they steerHANDLEBARSDDown 16: Judge's last case bringing back memoriesEVOCATIVEDDown 21: Almost home, where this is?HEARTDDown 22: Succeeded with hat, lost it with feet?SLIDDDown 23: Man's house and college spoken ofKEYS