The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Wednesday, 1st January 2020 There are 16 across clues and 18 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 1st January 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Scandal in the sluiceWATER GATEAAcross 9: Scandal in the sluiceWATERGATEAAcross 10: Blloody triumphGLORYAAcross 11: Spreading dirt around hospital is what 2 need to become 12THIRDAAcross 12: Trinity Hall, reading electrical engineering, student starts delving into bookTHREESOMEAAcross 13: Speaker's dainty half-sisterTWEETERAAcross 14: Previous Egyptian spy that Iran got the covers offPHARAOHAAcross 17: Setback for Lebanon, having lost an illustrious prizeNOBELAAcross 19: Person in command of isle appears regularly in magazinesMANAAcross 20: In Siberia, by small crevasseABYSMAAcross 21: Bend 8 for accessoryHAIRPINAAcross 22: Greenware from fancy lace fellow (incidentally also here in the absence of conflict)CELADONAAcross 24: Fish and rabbit order: parents do itSCHOOLRUNAAcross 26: Might prisoner meet the Queen?POWERAAcross 28: Layer oddly, ounce after ounceOZONEAAcross 29: The obscenely rich use it as a rule of thumb, perhapsHEURISTICDDown 1: Idiot missing half of proclamation in parliamentTWITDDown 2: Language spoken on the other side of the world is music to Eliza's earsSTRINEDDown 3: Triple disc may be purchased with this?CREDITSLIPDDown 4: Agent's player after flying startFACTORDDown 5: Soft inland turtleTERRAPINDDown 6: Rising thus: Shrek?OGREDDown 7: Yoko hugged by Harry, promoting 11 as a mark of respectHONORARYDDown 8: Eighty percent included? That's kindTYPEDDown 13: A fraction in temporary accommodation hotelTENTHDDown 15: Play acting out in a 3-D pictureANAGLYPTICDDown 16: Individual involved with soldier can become malnourishedHUMANDDown 18: Ceremony heard in good French cityBRIGHTONDDown 19: An experience of women, archetypicallyMENARCHEDDown 22: This diplomat needs to have dined at his place of workCONSULDDown 23: Because of abbey's location being unfinished?DOWNTODDown 24: Break pots?STOPDDown 25: See 24OVERDDown 27: Lull to sleep with this musicROCK