The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 23rd January 2019 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 23rd January 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Kind of warrant restraining Simpson in conflictTROJAN WARAAcross 6: Cold in prisonCAGEDAAcross 9: See 24OVERHEELSINLOVEAAcross 10: See 22NOIRAAcross 11: Passage from Goethe really out of this worldETHEREALAAcross 14: In the kitchen with Spooner's stalker?FRYING PANAAcross 15: Big beast with Paddington, say, for a LondonerBISONAAcross 16: Green skirt oddly removed at second attemptRESITAAcross 18: Grim and unpleasant leer interrupts gameCHEERLESSAAcross 20: Easy to clean hospital — used to be adept about itWASHABLEAAcross 21: Procurer dropping the French spotPIMPAAcross 25: See 4THECHIPSAREDOWNAAcross 26: Communist papers prepared againREDIDAAcross 27: Once confined, breathe one's last inside — it's practicalEXPEDIENTDDown 1: Spike Milligan ultimately following GodTHORNDDown 2: Large size of honour bestowed on Manchester, say?OBESITYDDown 3: Long in 12ACHEDDown 4: Open sandwich he threw out in crisisWHENDDown 5: Stick round teens? It may be optimisticROSE-TINTEDDDown 6: City devastated by a currentCANTERBURYDDown 7: Apple's sold by themGROCERSDDown 8: Racket involving completely empty glass housesDWELLINGSDDown 12: Cut any tax, attack the reds without borders and without stringsUNATTACHEDDDown 13: Revelation from a policeman must turn up before evidence ultimately plays outAPOCALYPSEDDown 14: Spirit elementsFIREWATERDDown 17: Put on hold dispatch about distinguishing brand featureSUSPENDDDown 19: Perfect example of endlessly tepid and selfish dedicationEPITOMEDDown 22: Wine for one into porn, perhapsPINOTDDown 23: Group shelled prawnsCAMPDDown 24: The way Helen leaves Ovid heroHEAD