The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 25th January 2019 There are 13 across clues and 15 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 25th January 2019. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 5: Beetle to traumatise backward scholarSCARABAAcross 6: Make a mistake with commissionERRANDAAcross 9: Charlie inclines to abdominal painCRAMPSAAcross 10: Team cuts lease for occupierRESIDENTAAcross 11: Does one river meet another?DEERAAcross 12: Thought to be against partiality of the leftCONSIDEREDAAcross 13: Wind down temper when the game is safeCLOSESEASONAAcross 18: Winger is an Oxford player with courageBLUEBOTTLEAAcross 21: Illicit drugs found in storage areaGEARAAcross 22: Writer is to wallow in drinkTROLLOPEAAcross 23: Mean to entertain Indian poetPINDARAAcross 24: Insecurity makes director fretDANGERAAcross 25: Wrongly aspire to approbationPRAISEDDown 1: Something soothing uttered in royal retreatBALMORALDDown 2: Prevents Bill making wineBARSACDDown 3: Unfaithful lover is scared offCRESSIDADDown 4: Women confuse totterWADDLEDDown 5: Mortar used for levelling a long passageSCREEDDDown 7: Silly fool is to slip on islandDONKEYDDown 8: Nurse keeps Rex and me, an avant-gardistTREND-SETTERDDown 8: Nurse keeps Rex and me, an avant-gardistTRENDSETTERDDown 14: Being upset, Kitty's done with the night's billetSTOP OVERDDown 14: Being upset, Kitty's done with the night's billetSTOPOVERDDown 15: Ignored a change of materialORGANDIEDDown 16: Ruddy girl's relievedFLORIDDDown 17: Head eats a new type of savouryCANAPEDDown 19: Genial criminal in west LondonEALINGDDown 20: Great power of representative in republicEMPIRE