The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 18th January 2019 There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 18th January 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Habit of black 22 …BLOUSEAAcross 4: … the same to mentionBROACHAAcross 9: 22 gobbling last of saccharin, sweetener …BUNGAAcross 10: … doing as one does, Carol securing hatSTOPPERINGAAcross 11: See 25BOTTLEAAcross 12: End of silent film for one on the railwaysTRAINMANAAcross 13: Ornament in Paris bent, unfortunatelyBREASTPINAAcross 15: 22 circling a stripFLAYAAcross 16: Asian city, Jaipur ultimately in rangeAGRAAAcross 17: Litter with green rubbish on Mercury, perhapsMESSENGERAAcross 21: Send flying 22 a bug?CATAPULTAAcross 22: Member of large class in brief learning, infants and maybe elders?INSECTAAcross 24: Tiresome Irish girl can start to grateIRRITATINGAAcross 25: Can alternative response be ostensibly triggered, all beginning to poke 22?BEERAAcross 26: 22 I'm not sure is nativeMOTHERAAcross 27: Add number, extracting one in sackANNEXEDDown 1: Bone up about love before posh party in private quartersBOUDOIRDDown 2: Indicator of probability searched for, initially lostOUGHTDDown 3: Believe seconds consumed by happy 22?SUSPECTDDown 5: Cutter cutting edge before 22 turns upRIPSAWDDown 6: Liquid I learn and hormonal secretionADRENALINDDown 7: Longing to tour a countryHUNGARYDDown 8: Painter so upset about similar purplish markPORT-WINE STAINDDown 14: Balanced performer, close to immaculate in operatic record?AERIALISTDDown 16: Some part of poem's art, perhaps?ANAGRAMDDown 18: In opposite directions, 22 bitSMIDGENDDown 19: Pass old islandEXCRETEDDown 20: Metal, exquisite poisonCURAREDDown 23: Black bag originally going cheap?SABLE